a couple

idiom

informal

1

: two or a few (of something)

Can you give me a couple more examples?

This one costs a couple dollars less than that one.

—In informal U.S. English, a couple can be used like a couple of

I lost interest in the book after a couple chapters.

We met a couple years ago.

2

: two or a few

"How many drinks have you had?" "Oh, just a couple."

Examples of a couple in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For Ryan, who has had some roles on television and been in a couple of smaller films, this is really her first major film role. —Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024

Related article After decades of brutal rule, Bashar al-Assad’s regime has been toppled With a couple of suitcases in tow, Nadia and Saiman finally made it to Masnaa on the Lebanese side of the border on Wednesday afternoon. —Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024

Another of its stops is a couple minutes’ walk to the lifts that go up Whistler Mountain. —Johanna Read, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024

The film not only became a staple of the teen slasher genre but spawned a couple of sequels and a TV adaptation. —Shania Russell, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024