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Audio Help [sip] Pronunciation Key verb, sipped, sip·ping, noun

–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 Audio Help   (sĭp) Pronunciation Key
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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