sip
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Audio Help [sip] Pronunciation Key verb, sipped, sip·ping, noun –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
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| 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. |
| 4. | to drink by sips. |
| 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
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sip·ping·ly, adverb
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v. sipped, sip·ping, sips v. tr.
v. intr. To drink something in sips. n.
[Middle English sippen; see seuə-2 in Indo-European roots.] sip'per n. |
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