as in to drink
to swallow in liquid form
slowly sipping the hot soup
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Recent Examples of sip
Liz Thach,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Apply cold wet cloths to your neck, armpits and groin, where blood flow is highest, and keep sipping cool water.
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Allison Palmer
updated June 24,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 June 2026
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
25 June 2026
But this drink is a sleeping monster that attacks you with the first sip, but in a very delicious way.
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Richard Guzman,
Daily News,
24 June 2026
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Verb
During the cooler months, everyone sits bundled up around the fire or on the porch on rainy nights, sipping great wines.
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Liz Thach,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Apply cold wet cloths to your neck, armpits and groin, where blood flow is highest, and keep sipping cool water.
—
Allison Palmer
updated June 24,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 June 2026
Noun
Paint and sip sessions are also widely available through local studios and translate easily from a friend outing into a date.
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Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
25 June 2026
But this drink is a sleeping monster that attacks you with the first sip, but in a very delicious way.
—
Richard Guzman,
Daily News,
24 June 2026
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Verb
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Staying hydrated is also key, so make sure to drink plenty of water.
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The Tartan Army finally made it to Fenway, a sort of Loch Ness Monster meeting the Green Monstah, in time to watch the Texas Rangers beat the Red Sox 6-4, apparently drinking the Hub dry.
Noun
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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.
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The nervous gulp that sight triggered.
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In April, hundreds of viewers watched the two-week-old eaglet swallow a fishhook that one of its parents had fed it.
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Birds such as swifts, swallows, sparrows, and starlings, which make their nests in the eaves of roofs, have been particularly affected by abnormally high temperatures, said Romaine de Jaegere, founder of the Center for the Rehabilitation of Animals Living in the Wild refuge in Temploux, in Belgium.
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“Sip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sip. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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