tasting

T1A1S1T1I1N1G2
/ˈteɪstɪŋ/

noun

A small amount of food or drink.

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gustationdegustationtastesavoringsavouringrelishing
OriginMiddle English tastynge →
CommonScrabble 8
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Meanings

tasting1

nountasting (plural tastings)

plural tastings

  1. A small amount of food or drink.
  2. The taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it.

    Synonyms: gustation

tasting2

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of taste

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it.

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gustation
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degustation

More synonyms by meaning

nouna kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds

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taste
Broader
sensingperception

nountaking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality

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savoringsavouringrelishingdegustation
Broader
eatingfeeding
Also see
degustationrelishingsavoringtastetry

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

tasting · noun

  1. Middle Englishtastynge
  2. Englishtasting

From Middle English tastynge, taastyng, equivalent to taste + -ing (gerundive ending).

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tasting · verb

  1. Middle Englishtastinge
  2. Englishtasting

From Middle English tastinge, taastynge, equivalent to taste + -ing (present participle ending).

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Translations

Arabic مَذَاق
  • مَذَاق (maḏāq)taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
Bulgarian дегуста́ция
  • дегуста́ция (degustácija)taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
Catalan tast, tast
  • tastsmall amount of food or drink
  • tasttaking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • degustaciótaking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
Chinese Mandarin 品嘗 /品尝 or 品嚐 /品尝
  • 品嘗 /品尝 or 品嚐 /品尝 (pǐncháng)taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
Czech degustace
  • degustacetaking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
Finnish maistiainen, maistiainen
  • maistiainensmall amount of food or drink
  • maistiainentaking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
French dégustation
  • dégustationtaking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
German Verkostung, Verkostung
  • Verkostungsmall amount of food or drink
  • Verkostungtaking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • Degustationtaking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
Greek γευσιγνωσία
  • γευσιγνωσία (gefsignosía)taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
Hungarian kóstolás
  • kóstolástaking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
Irish blaiseadh, ócáid bhlaiste
  • blaiseadhsmall amount of food or drink
  • ócáid bhlaistetaking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
Italian degustazione, assaggio
  • degustazionesmall amount of food or drink
  • assaggiosmall amount of food or drink
  • degustazionetaking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • assaggiotaking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
Japanese 賞味, 試食
  • 賞味 (shōmi)taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • 試食 (shishoku)taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
Korean 상미, 시식
  • 상미 (sangmi)taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • 시식 (sisik)taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
Polish degustacja
  • degustacjataking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
Portuguese degustação
  • degustaçãotaking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
Russian кусо́чек, глото́к
  • кусо́чек (kusóček)small amount of food or drink
  • глото́к (glotók)small amount of food or drink
  • дегуста́ция (degustácija)taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • про́ба (próba)taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
Slovak degustácia
  • degustáciataking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
Spanish cata, probadura
  • catasmall amount of food or drink
  • probadurasmall amount of food or drink
  • degustacióntaking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • catataking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • probadurataking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • probanataking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • paladeotaking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • probaturataking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
Ukrainian дегуста́ція, про́ба
  • дегуста́ція (dehustácija)taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
  • про́ба (próba)taking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
Vietnamese việc nếm thử
  • việc nếm thửtaking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it
Welsh blasu
  • blasutaking of a small amount of food or drink in order to taste it

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tasting

wastingpastingbastingunwasting
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Anagrams

stating
Cite this entry
APA

tasting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tasting

MLA

“tasting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tasting. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tasting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tasting.

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