cupping

Meanings

Noun

• The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot.
• A similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.
• 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.

Verb

• Present participle of cup

Related

Similar words

• myofascial decompression (MFD)

Origin

• From Middle English cupping, equivalent to cup + -ing.
• From cup + -ing.