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sip

noun
/sɪp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sippen, of uncertain origin. Compare with Low German sippen (“to sip”). Possibly from a variant of Middle English suppen (“to drink, sip”) (see sup) or perhaps from Old English sipian, sypian (“to take in moisture, soak, macerate”), from Proto-Germanic *sipōną (“to drip, trickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, trickle, leak out”). Compare also Old High German supfen (“to drink, sip”), from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną (“to sip, intake”).

  1. derived from *seyb-✻ — “to pour out, trickle, leak out”
  2. inherited from *sipōną✻ — “to drip, trickle”
  3. inherited from sipian
  4. inherited from sippen

Definitions

  1. A small mouthful of drink.

    • So order one more coffee / Have another sip of wine / We can go on talking / Until it's disco closing time

  2. An event at which people drink alcohol in small, usually subintoxicating amounts.

    • Earl is always a good time. His appearance at parties, whether it's a smart cocktail sip or a basement gig, is mandatory.

  3. To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time.

    • A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
    • bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.
  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. To drink a small quantity.

      • [She] rais'd it to her mouth with sober grace; / Then, sipping, offered to the next in place.

    2. To taste the liquor of

      To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.

      • They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers.

    3. Alternative form of seep.

    4. To consume slowly.

      • Sales of lightbulbs which sip electricity, and whose increased cost in the shops is easily paid for over their lifetime, used to double every year; in 1990/1991, they leapt sevenfold.
      • It makes a small car, the Chevy Cobalt, which sips petrol in moderation and is therefore selling well.
      • Even when turned off, these devices can idly sip electricity from your outlet costing you money.

    5. Acronym of single-issue publication.

    6. Acronym of structural insulated panel.

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    9. Initialism of System Integrity Protection.

    10. Initialism of Strengthening Institutions Program.

      • “The Budget does not include funding for the Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP). SIP is duplicative of other Title III and V program funding for institutional support activities.

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Derived

sipful, latte-sipping, paint and sip, resip, sip and puff, sip-and-see, sip-and-see party, sippable, sippingly, sippy, unsipped

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sip. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA