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Meaning of 'sip' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sip [ n.]
- The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips.
- A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste.
2 . Sip [ v. i.]
- To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to take a sip or sips of something.
- See Seep.
3 . Sip [ v. t.]
- To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea.
- To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers.
- To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.

Meaning of 'sip' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sip [ v]
Meaning (1):
- drink in sips
Example in sentence:
  • She was sipping her tea

Nearby Words:

sipage sipe siphilis siphoid siphon siphonage siphonal siphonarid siphonata siphonate

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