tasting

Plural: tastings

Noun

• a small amount (especially of food or wine)
• a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
  • "a wine tasting"
• taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality
• A small amount of food or drink.
• The taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it.

Verb

• have flavor; taste of something
• perceive by the sense of taste
• take a sample of
• have a distinctive or characteristic taste
• distinguish flavors
• experience briefly
• present participle and gerund of taste

General

• The act of perceiving flavor; also the present participle of 'taste'.

Examples

• My opponent was tasting defeat after my triple-word score.

Synonyms

degustation, relishing, sample, savor, savoring, savour, savouring, smack, taste, try, try out

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