supping

9.3

Drinking liquid slowly, often with a spoon or from a bowl

noun
/ˈsʌpɪŋ/

Literature

: sopa

He took great pleasure in the gentle supping of herbal tea before bed.

Examples

Their supping of broth was accompanied by quiet conversation around the fire.
After a day in the cold, she found comfort in the slow supping of hot soup.
He is supping his tea.
She enjoys supping her soup slowly.
After a long day of hiking, everyone enjoyed supping on warm soup by the fire.
She found great comfort in supping a cup of herbal tea as she relaxed on the couch.
The children were excited about supping their favorite broth at the family dinner.

Synonyms

drinking

vssupping

119 1.0

To put water or other liquids into your mouth and swallow

focuses on sipping or eating liquid food with a spoon

imbibing

vssupping

1 6.8

Drinking liquids, for example water or alcohol

is everyday and highlights sipping or spoon use for liquids

How Much

guzzling

Informal

8 6.5

drinking

119 1.0

supping

Literature

9.3

to sip

127 1.0

Surface Forms

supping singular

suppings plural

Morphology

supping = sup (transparent) = sup + ing

Formed by the verb 'sup' plus the gerundive/participle suffix '-ing'; meaning is the activity of sipping or eating and is directly derived.

Etymology

The word supping comes from the old verb sup, which means 'to sip' or take little drinks, and it is related to familiar words like soup and supper, where people often eat or sip liquid food. So supping simply means slowly drinking or eating liquid food.