SIP

sip

(noun) a small drink

sip

(verb) drink in sips; “She was sipping her tea”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

sip (plural sips)

A small mouthful of drink

Verb

sip (third-person singular simple present sips, present participle sipping, simple past and past participle sipped)

(transitive) To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time.

(intransitive) To drink a small quantity.

To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.

(Scotland, US, dated) Alternative form of seep

(figurative) to consume slowly — (usually) in contrast to faster consumption, (sometimes) in contrast to zero consumption

Synonyms

• nurse

• See also drink

Anagrams

• IPS, IPs, ISP, Isp, PIs, PSI, iPS, isp, pis, psi

Source: Wiktionary

Sip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Sipping.] Etym: [OE. sippen; akin to OD. sippen, and AS. s to sip, suck up, drink. See Sup, v. t.]

1. To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea. "Every herb that sips the dew." Milton.

2. To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers.

3. To taste the liquor of; to drink out of. [Poetic] They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers. Dryden.

Sip, v. i.

Definition: To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to take a sip or sips of something. [She] raised it to her mouth with sober grace; Then, sipping, offered to the next in place. Dryden.

Sip, n.

1. The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips.

2. A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste. One sip of this Will bathe the drooping spirits in delight Beyond the bliss of dreams. Milton. A sip is all that the public ever care to take from reservoirs of abstract philosophy. De Quincey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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