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–verb (used with object)

1.	to drink (a liquid) a little at a time; take small tastes of: He sipped the hot tea noisily.

2.	to drink from a little at a time: The bird sipped the flower.

3.	to take in; absorb: to sip knowledge at its source.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to drink by sips.

–noun

5.	an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid: One sip told me that the milk was sour.

6.	a small quantity taken by sipping: Take just a sip, not a gulp or a swallow.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME sippen (v.), akin to LG sippen to sip

]

—Related forms

sip·ping·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. See drink.

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SIP

supplemental income plan.

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v.   sipped, sip·ping, sips

v.   tr.

To drink in small quantities.
To drink from in sips.

v. intr.
To drink something in sips.

n.

The act of sipping.
A small quantity of liquid sipped.

[Middle English sippen; see seuə-² in Indo-European roots.]

sip'per n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
sip (v.)

c.1386, perhaps related to Low Ger. sippen "to sip," or O.E. supan "to take into the mouth a little at a time" (see sup (2)). The noun is attested from 1633.

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sip
noun
1.	a small drink
verb
1.	drink in sips; "She was sipping her tea"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
sip [sip] verb — past tense, past participle sipped

to drink in very small mouthfuls

Arabic:	يَرْشُف
Chinese (Simplified):	啜饮, 吸吮
Chinese (Traditional):	啜飲, 吸吮
Czech:	srkat
Danish:	nippe
Dutch:	met kleine teugjes drinken
Estonian:	lonkshaaval jooma
Finnish:	siemailla
French:	boire à petites gorgées
German:	nippen
Greek:	αργοπίνω, ρουφώ με μικρές γουλιές
Hungarian:	kortyol(gat)
Icelandic:	dreypa á, súpa
Indonesian:	meminum, menyeruput
Italian:	sorseggiare

Japanese:	すする
Korean:	…을 조금씩 마시다, 홀짝이다
Latvian:	malkot
Lithuanian:	siurbčioti
Norwegian:	nippe til
Polish:	popijać drobnymi łykami
Portuguese (Brazil):	sorver
Portuguese (Portugal):	sorver
Romanian:	a sorbi încet
Russian:	потягивать
Slovak:	sŕkať, popíjať
Slovenian:	srkati
Spanish:	sorber, beber a sorbos
Swedish:	läppja, smutta
Turkish:	yudumlamak

sip [sip] noun

a very small mouthful
Example: She took a sip of the medicine.

Arabic:	رَشْفَه
Chinese (Simplified):	呷一口
Chinese (Traditional):	呷一口
Czech:	malý doušek
Danish:	lille slurk
Dutch:	teugje
Estonian:	lonks, tilk
Finnish:	siemaus
French:	petite gorgée
German:	das Schlückchen
Greek:	μικρή γουλιά
Hungarian:	korty
Icelandic:	sopi
Indonesian:	seruputan
Italian:	sorso

Japanese:	ひとすすり
Korean:	홀짝거림, 한 모금
Latvian:	malciņš
Lithuanian:	gurkšnelis
Norwegian:	slurk, nipp
Polish:	łyczek
Portuguese (Brazil):	pequeno gole
Portuguese (Portugal):	golo
Romanian:	înghiţitură mică
Russian:	глоток
Slovak:	dúšok, glg
Slovenian:	požirek
Spanish:	sorbo
Swedish:	smutt
Turkish:	yudum

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SIP
1. Session Initiation Protocol.
2. Supplementary Ideographic Plane.
(2003-12-26)

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Sip

Sip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Sipping.] [OE. sippen; akin to OD. sippen, and AS. s?pan to sip, suck up, drink. See Sup, v. t.]

1. To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea. "Every herb that sips the dew." --Milton.

2. To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers.

3. To taste the liquor of; to drink out of. [Poetic]

They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers. --Dryden.

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Sip

Sip\, v. i. To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to take a sip or sips of something.

[She] raised it to her mouth with sober grace; Then, sipping, offered to the next in place. --Dryden.

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Sip

Sip\, n. 1. The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips.

2. A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste.

One sip of this Will bathe the drooping spirits in delight Beyond the bliss of dreams. --Milton.