# cupping

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkʌpɪŋ/ · frequency rank #47,004

## Definitions
1. The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot.
2. A similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.
3. Fire cupping, a traditional therapeutic treatment called in which heated cupping glasses are applied to the skin, supposedly to draw blood towards the surface.
4. 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.
5. The act of forming something into a cup shape.

## Etymology
From Middle English cupping, equivalent to cup + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **curing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cupping-vs-curing)
- **cutting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cupping-vs-cutting)
- **curling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cupping-vs-curling)
- **cursing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cupping-vs-cursing)
- **curving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cupping-vs-curving)
- **cussing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cupping-vs-cussing)
- **coping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coping-vs-cupping)
- **camping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camping-vs-cupping)
- **copying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copying-vs-cupping)
- **cunning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cunning-vs-cupping)
- **cumming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cumming-vs-cupping)
- **capping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/capping-vs-cupping)
- **culling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/culling-vs-cupping)
- **coupling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coupling-vs-cupping)
- **chopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chopping-vs-cupping)
- **clapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clapping-vs-cupping)
- **clipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clipping-vs-cupping)
- **chipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chipping-vs-cupping)
- **cropping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cropping-vs-cupping)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccupping`, `cpuping`, `cuping`, `cupipng`, `cuppign`, `cuppingg`, `cuppinng`, `cuppnig`, `ucpping`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cupping