1. (

• tasting

) a small amount (especially of food or wine) ;

2. (

• taste ,
• tasting

) a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds; "a wine tasting" ;

3. (

• tasting ,
• savoring ,
• savouring ,
• relishing ,
• degustation

) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality; "cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most" ;