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SUPPING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does supping mean?
• SUPPING (noun)
The noun SUPPING has 1 sense:
1. ingestion of liquid food with a spoon or by drinking
Familiarity information: SUPPING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ingestion of liquid food with a spoon or by drinking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("supping" is a kind of...):
eating; feeding (the act of consuming food)
Derivation:
sup (take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon)
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