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
Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2025
In the clip, Wray—who has ALS—even takes a sip from the cup as the robot arm places the drink’s straw near his mouth.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 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
Spraying it on has the same bracing quality as taking a sip of ice-cold sparkling water.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2025
In the clip, Wray—who has ALS—even takes a sip from the cup as the robot arm places the drink’s straw near his mouth.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sip
Verb
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Kevin Federline claims that Britney Spears drank while pregnant and did cocaine while breastfeeding in new excerpts from the former dancer’s upcoming memoir, published in several news outlets.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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Follow the flickering jack-o-lanterns to The Meadow for games, music and seasonal food and drink around the firepits.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
16 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 17 Oct. 2025.
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