sip

Noun · Verb

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Noun (1)

  1. a small drink

Verb (1)

  1. drink in sips“She was sipping her tea”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sip \Sip\, v. i. To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to take a sip or sips of something. [1913 Webster]

[She] raised it to her mouth with sober grace; Then, sipping, offered to the next in place. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Sip \Sip\, n.

1.The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips. [1913 Webster]

2.A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste. [1913 Webster]

One sip of this Will bathe the drooping spirits in delight Beyond the bliss of dreams.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
A sip is all that the public ever care to take from reservoirs of abstract philosophy.— De Quincey.[1913 Webster]
Sip \Sip\ (s[i^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sipped (s[i^]pt); 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. [1913 Webster]

2.To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers. [1913 Webster]

3.To taste the liquor of; to drink out of. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]

They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

SIP

1.<protocol> Session Initiation Protocol.

2.<text, standard> Supplementary Ideographic Plane.

(2003-12-26)

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