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sip

UK/sɪp/ US/ˈsɪp/ fairly common us
verb (1) noun (1)

verb

1.

drink in sips

  • “She was sipping her tea”

noun

1.

a small drink

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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • paint and sip
  • sip and puff
  • sip-and-see party

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