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sip

[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   (sĭp) Pronunciation Key
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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