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sip

(sɪp)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense sips, present participle sipping, past tense, past participle sipped
1. verb
If you sip a drink or sip at it, you drink by taking just a small amount at a time.
Jessica sipped her drink thoughtfully. [VERB noun]
He sipped at the glass and then put it down. [V + at/from]
She sipped from her coffee mug, watching him over the rim. [Vat/from n]
He lifted the water-bottle to his lips and sipped. [VERB]
Synonyms: drink, taste, sample, sup More Synonyms of sip
2. countable noun
A sip is a small amount of drink that you take into your mouth.
Harry took a sip of bourbon. [+ of]
Katherine took another sip from her glass to calm herself.
Synonyms: swallow, mouthful, swig, drop More Synonyms of sip

sip in British English

(sɪp)
verbWord forms: sips, sipping or sipped
1. 
to drink (a liquid) by taking small mouthfuls; drink gingerly or delicately
noun
2. 
a small quantity of a liquid taken into the mouth and swallowed
3. 
an act of sipping
Word origin
C14: probably from Low German sippen

sip in American English

(sɪp)
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: sipped or ˈsipping
1. 
to drink a little at a time
noun
2. 
the act of sipping
3. 
a quantity sipped
Derived forms
sipper (ˈsipper)
noun
Word origin
ME sippen, akin to LowG sippen: for IE base see sup1

Examples of 'sip' in a sentence
sip

He sipped his coffee while he kicked at the steel foot rail and listened to it ring.
Zindell, David The Broken God (1993)
 Just one sip made me want to giggle and spin with my arms out.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Visitors can sample strawberries and sip champagne while drinking in the surroundings.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They took a glass each and sipped it gingerly.
Oliver Poole BLACK KNIGHTS: On the Bloody Road to Baghdad (2003)
Irving continued to sip a glass of lemonade.
Aldiss, Brian Somewhere East of Life (1994)
Most people are lounging about sipping champagne.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He takes another sip from his straw.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He chanced another sip of the steaming brew and winced at the taste.
Iain Gale Man of Honour (2007)
He sipped his glass of wine.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The problem is that 60 per cent of the people cannot take a sip.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
We sipped coffee and exchanged a slightly flirty glance, while his mother continued to beam away.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
 Just the tiniest sips fill your mouth with flavour, but it really does suck without food.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Imagine sipping champagne on a blanket, surrounded by wild flowers alongside a rushing river.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Soon you'll be sipping your coffee on the move.
The Sun (2014)
I was encouraging him to take sips because he was eating salty things.
The Sun (2012)
SHE spends her days sipping champagne, splashing the cash in designer boutiques and mingling with footballers.
The Sun (2013)
During the exam it is a good idea to keep taking small sips of liquid, provided you have been to the loo before you begin.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
When the song ended, he sat quietly for a while, sipping a small vodka.
Duncan Hamilton Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years with Brian Clough (2007)
Returning to the bedroom to sip the sweet liquid, I sat by the bed and watched my sleeping family.
Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)

In other languages
sip

British English: sip VERB
If you sip a drink or sip at it, you drink by taking just a small amount at a time.
Jessica sipped her drink thoughtfully.
  • American English: sip
  • Brazilian Portuguese: bebericar
  • Chinese: 小口地喝
  • European Spanish: beber a sorbos
  • French: boire à petites gorgées
  • German: nippen an
  • Italian: sorseggiare
  • Japanese: ちびちび飲む
  • Korean: 조금 마시다
  • European Portuguese: bebericar
  • Latin American Spanish: beber a sorbos
British English: sip NOUN
A sip is a small amount of drink that you take into your mouth.
Harry took a sip of bourbon.
  • American English: sip
  • Brazilian Portuguese: gole
  • Chinese: 一小口的量
  • European Spanish: sorbo
  • French: petite gorgée
  • German: Schlückchen
  • Italian: sorso
  • Japanese: 一口
  • Korean: 한 모금
  • European Portuguese: gole
  • Latin American Spanish: sorbo

Chinese translation of 'sip'

sip

(sɪp)

n (c)

  1. 一小口 (yī xiǎo kǒu)

vt

  1. 抿 (mǐn)

vi

  1. 小口地喝 (xiǎo kǒu de hē)
    to take or have a sip (of sth) 抿一口(某饮(飲)料) (mǐn yī kǒu (mǒu yǐnliào))
(verb) 
Definition
to drink (a liquid) in small mouthfuls
Jessica sipped her drink thoughtfully.
Synonyms
drink
He drank his cup of tea.
taste
Cut off a small piece of meat and taste it.
sample
We sampled a selection of different bottled waters.
sup
(noun) 
Definition
an amount sipped
Tariq took a sip of water.
Synonyms
swallow
mouthful
Could I try a mouthful of that?
swig
drop
I'll have a drop of that milk.
taste
He took another small taste.
slurp
thimbleful

Additional synonyms

in the sense of drop
Definition
a small quantity of liquid
I'll have a drop of that milk.
Synonyms
dash,
shot (informal),
spot,
taste,
trace,
pinch,
sip,
tot,
trickle,
nip,
dab,
mouthful
in the sense of mouthful
Definition
the amount of food or drink put into the mouth at any one time when eating or drinking
Could I try a mouthful of that?
Synonyms
taste,
little,
bite,
bit,
drop,
sample,
swallow,
sip,
sup,
spoonful,
morsel,
forkful
in the sense of sample
Definition
to take a sample or samples of
We sampled a selection of different bottled waters.
Synonyms
test,
try,
check out (informal),
experience,
taste,
examine,
evaluate,
inspect,
experiment with,
appraise,
partake of

Synonyms of 'sip'

sip

Explore 'sip' in the dictionary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of taste
Definition
to take a small amount of (a food or liquid) into the mouth, esp. in order to test the flavour
Cut off a small piece of meat and taste it.
Synonyms
sample,
try,
test,
relish,
sip,
savour,
nibble
in the sense of taste
Definition
a small amount eaten, sipped, or tried on the tongue
He took another small taste.
Synonyms
bit,
bite,
drop,
swallow,
sip,
mouthful,
touch,
sample,
dash,
nip,
spoonful,
morsel,
titbit,
soupçon
in the sense of thimbleful
Synonyms
drop,
spot (British),
taste,
dash,
pinch,
sip,
nip,
dab,
jot,
spoonful,
dram,
modicum,
soupçon,
capful,
toothful
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