gerund / present participle
Trying a small amount of food or drink to find out what it tastes like.
Tasting the soup before serving it, Leo added more salt.
She was tasting several sauces for the new menu.
American English
How to pronounce tasting
verb · nounB1Common word
TAYStihng
/ˈtʰeɪs.tɪŋ/
2 syllables · Stress the first syllable.
Form of taste
Trying a small amount of food or drink to find out what it tastes like.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
gerund noun
The act of trying a small amount of food or drink to find out what it tastes like.
Tasting new foods can be a fun part of traveling.
Careful tasting helped the chef choose the right spices.
event noun
An event or activity in which people try small amounts of different foods or drinks.
We went to a wine tasting after work.
The store is holding a cheese tasting this weekend.
Useful expressions
something you learn to like after trying it several times
Blue cheese is an acquired taste.
to make someone feel unhappy or uncomfortable after an event or action
The unfair decision left a bad taste in everyone's mouth.
the same bad treatment that you gave another person
He got a taste of his own medicine.