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

Choose from regular and high-rise cuts; in a couple of reviews, shoppers recommend the regular version for fellow shorties. —Laura Gurfein, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024

My original plan was to coerce a couple of my fellow IEEESpectrum editors to spread out around Manhattan to get a sense of the range of the handhelds in a dense urban environment. —IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2024