sip
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English sippen, probably cognate with Middle English sipen (“to seep”), from Old English sipian (“to seep”).
[edit] Noun
sip (plural sips)
[edit] Translations
A small mouthful of drink
[edit] 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
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 5
- He held out to me a bowl of steaming broth, that filled the room with a savour sweeter, ten thousand times, to me than every rose and lily of the world; yet would not let me drink it at a gulp, but made me sip it with a spoon like any baby.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 5
[edit] Synonyms
- nurse
- See also Wikisaurus:drink
[edit] Translations
To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time