as in to drink
to swallow in liquid form
slowly sipping the hot soup
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Recent Examples of sip
Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026
Other animals can crush the ultra-tough shells of pollen grains with teeth, jaws, or other similar body parts; butterflies have only a proboscis, a flexible, strawlike structure usually reserved for sipping liquid.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 9 June 2026
That is in reference to the Facebook founder attempting to take a sip of water during a Congressional hearing.
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
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Verb
On a bench near the Mill Creek Park fountain, Karina Stickar and Natael Vera sipped on a cup of yerba mate.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026
Other animals can crush the ultra-tough shells of pollen grains with teeth, jaws, or other similar body parts; butterflies have only a proboscis, a flexible, strawlike structure usually reserved for sipping liquid.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
Noun
Each of these ready-to-drink cans contains a margarita that includes tequila, agave syrup, lime and mango juice concentrates, and natural habanero flavor for a kick in every sip.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 9 June 2026
That is in reference to the Facebook founder attempting to take a sip of water during a Congressional hearing.
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sip
Verb
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Food and drink The culinary program—overseen by Chef Eduard Alonso Méndez, a native Costa Rican who was trained in Madrid—is perhaps Play Cativo’s most impressive offering.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
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The events feature an outdoor patio and an open-air rooftop patio, multiple TVs, food and drink specials and live music after the games.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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It’s not made explicitly clear if these seemingly sympathetic kids are actually his worst bullies, but Machado-Graner’s eyes, lip twitch, and throat gulp in this short sequence tell a whole story in themselves.—
Josh Slater-Williams,
IndieWire,
20 May 2026
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The nervous gulp that sight triggered.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Alfalfa grown for cattle feed swallows 26% of all water consumed in the basin, more than every city in the region combined.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
8 June 2026
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that destroys nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that a person needs to walk, talk, swallow and breathe, according to the ALS Assn.—
Assistant Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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“Sip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sip. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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