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.
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Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
Lauren Schuster,
Charlotte Observer,
10 June 2026
Trendy sips include refreshers, cold coffees and dirty sodas.
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Fielding Buck,
Oc Register,
10 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.
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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.
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Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
Noun
Guests cook, dine, sip local wines and sleep in the same villa, with hands-on classes taught by Italian chefs.
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Lauren Schuster,
Charlotte Observer,
10 June 2026
Trendy sips include refreshers, cold coffees and dirty sodas.
—
Fielding Buck,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sip
Verb
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On Sunday, after Scotland won against Haiti in their first World Cup game, Scottish fans celebrated drinking so much beer that some Boston bars ran out.
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In May, drinks giants Carlsberg and Diageo were among 40 organizations that signed a declaration of intent to scale regenerative agriculture across their supply chains, through a program developed by the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative platform.
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.
Noun
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Sparrows, starlings, bluebirds, swallows, ravens, pigeons, and crows can become nuisance birds, causing damage and health risks.
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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.
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“Sip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sip. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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