as in to drink
to swallow in liquid form
slowly sipping the hot soup
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Recent Examples of sip
Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
All the Phillies players are left with is the memory of watching the Dodgers’ celebration before sipping beers as the sadness settled.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2025
Pets also shouldn’t drink tea or coffee due to caffeine, though a tiny accidental sip is unlikely to cause serious harm.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Rey laughed and left the deck on the table, sipping on his Kola Champagne.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
All the Phillies players are left with is the memory of watching the Dodgers’ celebration before sipping beers as the sadness settled.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
The brand’s citrus juicer, which is designed to seamlessly separate pulp from juice for a morning sip.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2025
Pets also shouldn’t drink tea or coffee due to caffeine, though a tiny accidental sip is unlikely to cause serious harm.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sip
Verb
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In 2005, LifeStraw offered a clever aid to help more people drink safe water.—
Merrill Fabry,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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City Tavern had opened the previous year, backed by a group of wealthy Philadelphians who’d decided there was no place in town that met their standards for decent food and drink.—
Victoria Flexner,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Even as dusk descended, people lined up to gulp from public fountains (another blessing), to fill their water bottles, or to splash their bare skin.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Thorley attends neurological rehabilitation five days a week, relearning how to walk, talk and swallow.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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This one is a tougher swallow, and the ceiling is considerably lower than in Tampa Bay, but the 2025 Steelers appear to be a far more legitimate enterprise than anyone expected.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Sip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sip. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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