Definitions for: Sip


[n] a small drink
[v] drink in sips



Webster (1913) Definition: Sip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sipped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sipping.] [OE. sippen; akin to OD. sippen, and AS. s?pan to
sip, suck up, drink. See Sup, v. t.]
1. To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to
take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid;
as, to sip tea. ``Every herb that sips the dew.''
--Milton.

2. To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar
from the flowers.

3. To taste the liquor of; to drink out of. [Poetic]

They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers.
--Dryden.


Sip, v. i.
To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to
take a sip or sips of something.

[She] raised it to her mouth with sober grace; Then,
sipping, offered to the next in place. --Dryden.


Sip, n.
1. The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips.

2. A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste.

One sip of this Will bathe the drooping spirits in
delight Beyond the bliss of dreams. --Milton.

A sip is all that the public ever care to take from
reservoirs of abstract philosophy. --De Quincey.


Sip, v. i.
See Seep. [Scot. & U.S.]

Synonyms: nip

See Also: deglutition, drink, drink, imbibe, swallow

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