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sipper

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sip⋅per

[sip-er]
–noun
1. a person who sips.
2. a paper tube through which to sip; drinking straw.

Origin:
1605–15; sip + -er 1
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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.
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