a couple

idiom

informal

: 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.

: 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 One or two clusters of storms may evolve and pose a risk for damaging wind gusts, but a couple of supercells posing a risk for tornadoes are possible as well. —

Daniel Amarante, ABC News, 22 June 2024 The pop superstar, 34, snapped a couple of backstage selfies with Prince William and his children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, at Wembley Stadium on Friday (June 21). —

Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 22 June 2024 The new effort will be countywide rather than focusing only on a couple of areas... —

South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2024 With a couple of hundred racers in the first year and single-digit thousands the following year, selling the idea of mass participation wasn’t easy. —

Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 21 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for a couple

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