Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
A couple of police officers appeared at the door.
Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
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Two or (a) small number of.
Put any couple guys in a tricked out car and a couple of bandannas […]" He trailed off.
Two or a few, a small number of.
A couple fewer people show up every week.
From Middle English couple, from Old French couple, from Latin cōpula. Doublet of copula.
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To join in wedlock; to marry.
I am just going to perform a very good office, it is to assist with the archbishop, in degrading a parson who couples all our beggars
To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.
On their wedding night they coupled nine times.