Definitions for cupping

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cupping cup·ping

Spelling: [kuhp-ing]

IPA: /ˈkʌp ɪŋ/

Cupping is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 80 anagrams from letters in cupping (cginppu).

Definitions for cupping

noun

1. the process of drawing blood from the body by scarification and the application of a cupping glass, or by the application of a cupping glass without scarification, as for relieving internal congestion.
2. a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc.
3. the bowllike part of a goblet or the like.
4. a cup with its contents.
5. the quantity contained in a cup.
6. a unit of capacity, equal to 8 fluid ounces (237 milliliters) or 16 tablespoons; half-pint.
7. an ornamental bowl, vase, etc., especially of precious metal, offered as a prize for a contest.
8. any of various beverages, as a mixture of wine and various ingredients:
9. the chalice used in the Eucharist.
10. the wine of the Eucharist.
11. something to be partaken of or endured; one's portion, as of joy or suffering.
12. cups, the drinking of intoxicating liquors.
13. any cuplike utensil, organ, part, cavity, etc.
14. either of the two forms that cover and usually support the breasts in a brassiere or other garment, as a bathing suit.
15. an athletic supporter reinforced with rigid plastic or metal for added protection.
16. Golf. the metal receptacle within the hole. the hole itself.
17. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Crater.
18. cupping glass.
19. Metalworking. a cylindrical shell closed at one end, especially one produced in the first stages of a deep-drawing operation.
20. Mathematics. the cuplike symbol ∪, used to indicate the union of two sets. Compare union (def 10a).

Idioms

1. in one's cups, intoxicated; drunk.

verb (used with object)

1. to take or place in, or as in, a cup:
2. to form into a cuplike shape:
3. to use a cupping glass on.
4. Metalworking. to form (tubing, containers, etc.) by punching hot strip or sheet metal and drawing it through a die. Compare deep-draw.

Origin of cupping

First recorded in 1350-1400, cupping is from the Middle English word cuppinge. See cup, -ing¹

Examples for cupping

cupping is employed generally as a remedy for muscular rheumatism.

He put his elbows on the table, cupping his face in his hands.

In clumsy hands, cupping is occasionally a severe and painful operation; but this is not the case with the skilful operator.

Above and behind the physician are suspended three cupping vessels.

Twice she had assisted in cupping, and she believed she could perform the p. 400operation.

The web of shimmering wires descended, cupping him completely.

So he ordered ventouses or cupping, for the bronchitis cases.

The cupping is caused by not adding a sufficient number and the fluting by adding too many.

They're cupping him—so I hear from Mr. Tom, his lordship's man.

Dropping into a chair and cupping his chin in his hands, he sat for some time thinking.