cupping

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.

To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.

“Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.”

To hold something in cupped hands.

“He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.”

To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.

“We are cupping some new brands of coffee today.”

To supply with cups of wine.

To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.

To make concave or in the form of a cup.

“to cup the end of a screw”