tasting
/ˈteɪstɪŋ/ noun
Also a form of taste
Forms tastings
- noun A small amount of food or drink.
- noun The taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it.
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English tastynge, taastyng, equivalent to taste + -ing (gerundive ending).
From Middle English tastinge, taastynge, equivalent to taste + -ing (present participle ending).
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act of perceiving or tasting by the organs of taste; the faculty or sense by which we perceive or distinguish savors.
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “tasting”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details