sip

IPA: sˈɪp

noun

  • A small mouthful of drink
  • An event at which people drink alcohol in small, usually sub-intoxicating amounts.
  • (computing) Initialism of Supplementary Ideographic Plane, the third plane (Plane 2) in Unicode, with 65,536 codepoints (from U+20000 through U+2FFFF), mainly used for less-common CJK characters.
  • (computing, macOS) Initialism of System Integrity Protection.

verb

  • (transitive) To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time.
  • (intransitive) To drink a small quantity.
  • To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.
  • (figurative) To consume slowly.
  • (Scotland, US, dated) Alternative form of seep [(intransitive) To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc.]
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Examples of "sip" in Sentences

  • I sipped a cup of tea.
  • How many sips did you have
  • He often sips his drinks at the bar.
  • I sipped a glass of wine with my friends.
  • The rest of the time I relax and sip coffee.
  • Maybe we could chortle while sipping our cava.
  • I even sip out the soaring wounds of the dying animals.
  • The author ends the story by sipping a cup of bitter coffee.
  • Grappa is sipped from the shot glass, not downed in one gulp.
  • Typically, a few brave female souls will dance near the music stages, while hundreds of male database gurus sip free drinks and ogle.

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