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sip

  [sip] verb, sipped, sip⋅ping, noun
Use sip in a Sentence
–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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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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sip   (sĭp)   
v.   sipped, sip·ping, sips

v.   tr.

  1. To drink in small quantities.

  2. To drink from in sips.

v.   intr.
To drink something in sips.
n.  

  1. The act of sipping.

  2. A small quantity of liquid sipped.


[Middle English sippen; see seuə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
sip'per n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
sip

  1. n.
    a puff of a marijuana cigarette. (Drugs.) : He took a big sip and held it so long he almost turned blue.
  2. tv. & in.
    to take a puff of a marijuana cigarette. : The alley was populated by a bunch of teeny-boppers sipping away the afternoon.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

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

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
SIP

  1. serial interface processor

  2. session initiation protocol

  3. single in-line package

  4. system implementation plan

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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