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sip1 verbsip2 noun sipsip1 /sɪp/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle sipped, present participle sipping) [intransitive, transitive]   sip1Origin: 1300-1400 Perhaps from sup ‘to drink in small mouthfuls’ (11-21 centuries), from Old English supan VERB TABLEsip |
| Present | I, you, we, they | sip | | he, she, it | sips | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | sipped | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have sipped | | he, she, it | has sipped | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had sipped | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will sip | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have sipped |
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| Present | I | am sipping | | he, she, it | is sipping | | you, we, they | are sipping | | Past | I, he, she, it | was sipping | | you, we, they | were sipping | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been sipping | | he, she, it | has been sipping | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been sipping | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be sipping | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been sipping |
- She sipped water all the way through the interview.
- Sue sat at the bar sipping a Martini.
- Tom sipped his martini thoughtfully.
- After Charter 77 was launched, even the cafes had too many secret police sipping tea.
- As we sat and sipped our half-pint shandies I reflected on what a lucky choice of company I had made.
- Carolyn stood by the table, sipping her new tea and wondering what she could cook.
- He sips coffee from a Hard Rock Cafe mug.
- He smiled and sipped his drink, glancing across at the phone as he refilled his glass.
- I breezed away into a corner where I could sip my vodka-less tonic and mope.
- She smiled and sipped her gin.
- We laughed and joked, Ichiro trying the whiskey, me sipping a little sake.
► sip (also take a sip) to drink something very slowly ► slurp informal to drink something in a noisy way ► gulp something down (also down something) to drink all of something very quickly ► knock something back informal to drink all of an alcoholic drink very quickly ► swig (also take/have a swig) informal to drink something quickly with large mouthfuls, especially from a bottle ► swallow to make food or drink go down your throat and towards your stomach: · She swallowed the bitter medicine instead of spitting it out. to drink something► drink to take liquid into your mouth and swallow it: · Drink your coffee before it gets cold.· Is this water safe to drink?· He was drinking vodka straight from the bottle.· She picked up the cup and began to drink thirstily. ► have to have a drink of something: · We always have tea in the morning.· Robin was driving, so he just had a glass of orange juice.· We had a couple of beers and talked about old times.have a drink (of something): · Can I have a drink of water, please?· Sit down and have a drink. ► take to drink a small amount or a single mouthful of something: · He was very weak, but managed to take a mouthful of water from my bottle.· Jody took another sip of wine. ► sip to drink something slowly, in very small amounts: · Sue sat at the bar sipping a Martini.· She sipped water all the way through the interview. ► quench your thirst written to drink something in order to stop being thirsty: · We stopped in a small village to quench our thirst and refuel the jeep. ► slurp to drink liquid while making a noisy sucking sound: · He bent his face over the steaming bowl and slurped loudly.· The old man started to slurp his beer. ► lap/lap up if an animal laps or laps up a liquid, it drinks it with quick movements of its tongue: · We spotted the cubs lapping water from a stream in the forest.lap something up: · The tiny creature started to lap the milk up eagerly.lap up something: · A large dog lapped up the gravy that had spilt on the floor. ► sip coffee (=drink it slowly)· He sat in his chair, peacefully sipping his coffee. ► sip your drink (=drink it in very small amounts)· Connie was sitting at the table, sipping her drink slowly. ADVERB► slowly· After filling a glass with water, she returned to the kitchen and sat down and slowly sipped the water.· Rockwell sips slowly on a Lite beer.· I sat still, sipping slowly and thinking hard.· One of them was an old man, sipping slowly at a beer.· He sipped slowly, pleased with himself, pleased he had been the first to see the opportunity and seize upon it.· He sipped slowly at a cup of watered wine and decided to return to his church. NOUN► beer· She was so extraordinarily beautiful that I nearly laughed out loud ... She sipped some beer and went back to her book.· Back at Turnhouse, after a light lunch, Carrington and Benson sipped beer.· Lang sipped some of my beer and leaned back in his chair, looking proud, as if he owned the place.· One of them was an old man, sipping slowly at a beer.· I sat there, feeling whole and good, sipping at a beer. ► brandy· Sit with the music, blow a little smoke, time enough to snap out of it, sip the brandy.· Aubrey sipped his brandy, nursing the balloon in both hands and studying Langford openly.· Rachel's hand shook as she sipped her brandy.· She sipped brandy, held it on her tongue, set herself alight. ► champagne· He glanced up from his hardback and sipped his champagne.· She nodded and pushed the straw under her mask, sipping the champagne.· Ibn Fayoud sipped his champagne thoughtfully.· So she sipped champagne, and smiled, and ate, and all the while her fury against Naylor simmered away.· An infrequent drinker, he sipped his champagne. ► coffee· The majestic Schönbrunn and Belvedere Castles assume the attention of artists great and amateur, and locals sip coffee in timeworn cafés.· Ray and his friend Dan sipped coffee.· Fen leaned back, totally relaxed, sipping his coffee.· He thought a moment, sipped his coffee, thought a little more.· Amanda sipped her coffee, letting her mind dwell pleasurably on thoughts of the future.· She smiled as she sipped her coffee.· I left Farris sipping his coffee and went looking for Resler. ► cup· You kids must miss an awful lot in your eagerness to sip the heady cup of life, as your grandfather used to say.· Unable to find clean glasses, he sipped from a paper cup.· He sipped slowly at a cup of watered wine and decided to return to his church.· But you can forget about those successful and shrewd decisions being remembered if people other than the Rangers sip from the Cup.· He sat down and sipped carefully from the cup.· I sipped my plastic cup of reconstituted orange juice and took a bite of my over-buttered pumpernickel bagel, smearing my hands. ► drink· He smiled and sipped his drink, glancing across at the phone as he refilled his glass.· The lawyers stand and watch, still sipping their drinks as the ambulance pulls away.· Her lips are so swollen she is unable to eat and can only sip drinks through a straw.· We sipped our drink and spoke of other things and ignored everything that had happened.· But then she would, he thought, sipping the delicate drink.· Then as we began to sip our drinks I would offer Loi half of my single, carefully rationed, biscuit.· While she was gone Johnny continued to smoke and to sip his drink. ► glass· Turning awkwardly towards the bedside table, she picked up a glass of water and sipped the warm liquid gratefully.· It is also helpful to put the glass down when not sipping.· Unable to find clean glasses, he sipped from a paper cup. ► tea· I no longer drank black coffee nor smoked, so I could only chew my almonds and sip my herb tea.· I sat back and sipped my tea.· He comes out into the garden and sips his tea and looks around.· We might instead have been sipping tea at the Grand Hotel in Chowringhee Street.· After Charter 77 was launched, even the cafes had too many secret police sipping tea.· After lunch, the two sat on the porch, sipping tea.· Blanche sipped some more tea and waited.· Carolyn stood by the table, sipping her new tea and wondering what she could cook. ► water· After they'd gone Sukey paced up and down sipping Evian water.· I sipped water sparingly, leaving glass after glass for Induk.· Fox red, moonbeam silver, I held the precious strands like a pilgrim sips water from a miraculous spring.· She waited, sipping the water, her eyes fixed on me.· Upstairs, Petey blew his nose and sipped water after finally giving up his dinner and feeling like he could walk again.· After filling a glass with water, she returned to the kitchen and sat down and slowly sipped the water.· I sip the water again, and dread, as I did then, the coming winter. ► wine· But tonight she was going to Le Club Zodiaque, tonight she wanted to sip wine until her feet were flying.· Weaver said Tuesday night while sipping wine and brandishing various medieval weapons for sale in his little shop of horrors.· She sipped the wine, picked at the first course and let James Hamilton carry the conversation.· She stood smoking, sipping wine.· Mr Brown might have been expected to roll each pledge around his mouth like a connoisseur sipping a fine wine.· She sat down and sipped the wine and contemplated what she had done.· Riven saw Bragad gesticulating at Bicker, who sipped wine reflectively.· Maggie sipped cautiously at the wine, aware all the time of dark, sardonic eyes watching her. to drink something slowly, taking very small mouthfuls:  She was sitting at the table sipping her coffee.sip at He sipped at his wine with pleasure.► see thesaurus at drinksip1 verbsip2 noun sipsip2 noun [countable] - Can I just try a sip, to see if I like it.
- Jenny cautiously took a couple of sips of the liquid.
- A single sip of bleach is not toxic, but an overdose of Tylenol can kill you.
- Fraker nodded, taking a sip of wine.
- He took a large sip of his sherry and refused the soup.
- I make myself a cup of milkless tea, vintage 1974, and take a cautious sip.
- Maybe a little sip of cold water?
- Pamela grinned wickedly and took another sip.
- The old man dipped his nose and took a first careful sip.
- The unsmiling Gore took a small sip and then set his glass down on the table.
► took ... sip She poured more wine and took a sip. ► sip coffee (=drink it slowly)· He sat in his chair, peacefully sipping his coffee. ► sip your drink (=drink it in very small amounts)· Connie was sitting at the table, sipping her drink slowly. VERB► take· He took a sip of tea and set the cup aside.· Fraker nodded, taking a sip of wine.· I make myself a cup of milkless tea, vintage 1974, and take a cautious sip.· Karen took a few sips of her coffee.· She took a sip of wine, sweet and strong.· I took the first sip and wanted to stop.· They could add more tea once he had taken a few sips.· He took a sip of wine from the pitcher and fixed Marge with his Himalayan stare. a very small amount of a drinksip of a sip of water She poured more wine and took a sip. |