sip
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English sippen, of uncertain origin. Compare with Low German sippen (“to sip”). Possibly from a variant of Middle English suppen (“to drink, sip”) (see sup) or perhaps from Old English sipian, sypian (“to take in moisture, soak, macerate”), from Proto-Germanic *sipōną (“to drip, trickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, trickle, leak out”). Compare also Old High German supfen (“to drink, sip”), from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną (“to sip, intake”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sip (plural sips)
- A small mouthful of drink
- An event at which people drink alcohol in small, usually sub-intoxicating amounts.
- 1985 April 20, Joseph Beam, “Black Men Loving Black Men: The Revolutionary Act of the Eighties”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
- Earl is always a good time. His appearance at parties, whether it's a smart cocktail sip or a basement gig, is mandatory.
Translations
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Verb
[edit]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[ohn] Meade Falkner, “In the Vault”, in Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC, pages 62–63:
- 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.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
- 2013 August 3, “Revenge of the nerds”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
- bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.
- (intransitive) To drink a small quantity.
- 1697, Virgil, “The Second Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- [She] rais'd it to her mouth with sober grace; / Then, sipping, offered to the next in place.
- To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.
- 1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers.
- (Scotland, US, dated) Alternative form of seep
- (figurative) To consume slowly.
- 1995, Richard North, Life on a Modern Planet: A Manifesto for Progress[1], Manchester University Press, →ISBN, page 80:
- Sales of lightbulbs which sip electricity, and whose increased cost in the shops is easily paid for over their lifetime, used to double every year; in 1990/1991, they leapt sevenfold.
- 2008 July 3, “The presidential election: White men can vote”, in The Economist[2]:
- It makes a small car, the Chevy Cobalt, which sips petrol in moderation and is therefore selling well.
- 2014 October 20, Erik Hyrkas, "Energy Vampires are Attacking Your Home – Here’s How to Stop Them" (Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy)
- Even when turned off, these devices can idly sip electricity from your outlet costing you money.
Synonyms
[edit]- nurse
- See also Thesaurus:drink
Derived terms
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See also
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[edit]Catalan
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[edit]Interjection
[edit]sip
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]sip (comparative sipper, superlative sipst)
Declension
[edit]Declension of sip | ||||
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uninflected | sip | |||
inflected | sippe | |||
comparative | sipper | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | sip | sipper | het sipst het sipste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | sippe | sippere | sipste |
n. sing. | sip | sipper | sipste | |
plural | sippe | sippere | sipste | |
definite | sippe | sippere | sipste | |
partitive | sips | sippers | — |
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English safe, from Middle English sauf, safe, saf, saaf, from Old French sauf, saulf, salf (“safe”), from Latin salvus (“whole, safe”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, every”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sip
- (colloquial) safe.
Further reading
[edit]- “sip” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
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[edit]Noun
[edit]sip f (genitive singular sipe, nominative plural sipeanna)
Declension
[edit]Mutation
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sip | ship after an, tsip |
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sip”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sip”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
Spanish
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[edit]Possibly a calque of English yep.
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]sip
See also
[edit]Tok Pisin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]sip
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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