sipping

English

Verb

sipping

1. present participle of sip

Noun

sipping (plural sippings)

1. The act of taking a sip.
   • 1852, Theophilus Thompson, Annals of Influenza Or Epidemic Catarrhal Fever in Great Britain from 1510 to 1837 (page 107)

     But, in general, a few days' confinement, abstinence from flesh meat, and frequent sippings of some tepid pectoral drink, sufficed for the cure.

Anagrams

• pipings