cupping
/ˈkʌpɪŋ/ noun C2- Fire cupping, a traditional therapeutic treatment called in which heated cupping glasses are applied to the skin, supposedly to draw blood towards the surface.
- The taking of a small amount of a beverage such as tea or coffee into the mouth in order to taste it; a session where this is done.
- The act of forming something into a cup shape. · the cupping of one's hands
Plural cuppings
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