sip
Meanings
Noun
Verb
- To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time.
- To drink a small quantity.
- To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.
- Alternative of seep
- To consume slowly.
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Origin
- From Middle English sippen, of uncertain origin. Compare with Low German sippen. Possibly from a variant of Middle English suppen (see sup) or perhaps from Old English sipian, sypian, from Proto-Germanic *sipōną, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-. Compare also Old High German supfen, from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną.
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