suction cup

noun

: a cup-shaped device in which a partial vacuum can be produced when applied to a surface

Examples of suction cup in a Sentence

The device is held to the wall with two suction cups.

Recent Examples on the Web

Imagine no drilling and no damage to your walls, thanks to the mirror’s powerful suction cup installation system. —Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2024

The metal base can be attached to a wall with screws or to the window with suction cups; it can be easily removed from the bracket for refilling and cleaning. —Barbara Bellesi Zito, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2024

So as to keep from soaring clean into the mesosphere at the first gust of a wind, the Canopy anchors to the vehicle via a series of elastic bands and suction cups and also stakes down to the ground. —New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2024

Image: Anker Anker’s previous solution to that problem was to include a silicone suction cup accessory with its larger GaN chargers designed to help secure them to a wall outlet’s smooth face plate. —Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 7 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

suction cup

noun

: a cup of glass or of a flexible material (as rubber) in which a partial vacuum is produced when applied to a surface

Medical Definition

suction cup

noun

: a cup of glass or of a flexible material (as rubber) in which a partial vacuum is produced when applied to a surface and which is used variously (as to bring blood to the surface of the skin)