Definition of Couple

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Couple

That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

Two of the same kind connected or considered together; a pair; a brace.

A male and female associated together; esp., a man and woman who are married or betrothed.

See Couple-close.

One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.

Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes.

To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join.

To join in wedlock; to marry.

To come together as male and female; to copulate.

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Couple Quotations

If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it is the future of this company for the next century.
Jack Welch

Good for you, you have a heart, you can be a liberal. Now, couple your heart with your brain, and you can be a conservative.
Glenn Beck

Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.
Samuel Goldwyn

Those two are a fastidious couple. She's fast and he's hideous.
Henny Youngman

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
John Steinbeck

I've been asked to say a couple of words about my husband, Fang. How about short and cheap?
Phyllis Diller

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.
H. L. Mencken

I'm going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective vice president, perhaps the most effective we've had in a couple of hundred years.
Dan Quayle

There were a lot of drugs. We kinda just passed the time that way. For a couple of years we were all doin' anything we could get our hands on.
Layne Staley

I had a couple of million dollars' worth of... stock once. And now it's not worth much more than wallpaper. I guess I just wasn't born to be rich.
Norman Rockwell

Couple Translations

couple in Dutch is echtpaar, echtelieden
couple in French is couple, accolons, accolent, accolez, accoupler
couple in German is kuppeln, Paar, paar, verbinden
couple in Italian is abbinare, paio
couple in Latin is iugo
couple in Norwegian is par
couple in Portuguese is pares
couple in Spanish is embragar, pareja
couple in Swedish is koppla, par

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