as in to drink
to swallow in liquid form
slowly sipping the hot soup
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Recent Examples of sip
Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 3 June 2026
After sipping on drink after drink, our testers selected seven sips that bubbled up above the rest.
—Sonal Dutt, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 23 May 2026
Best drink spots in Charlotte Plot Twist A great option for a group where some like a sip of something alcoholic and some do not.
—Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026
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Verb
These watermelon cocktails are surprisingly easy to make, pretty to look at, and even more delicious to sip on.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 3 June 2026
After sipping on drink after drink, our testers selected seven sips that bubbled up above the rest.
—Sonal Dutt, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Noun
This is weird in at least three ways but, as mentioned, one sip and all the question marks disappear.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 23 May 2026
Best drink spots in Charlotte Plot Twist A great option for a group where some like a sip of something alcoholic and some do not.
—Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sip
Verb
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As the two men drink their first soda for nearly a year and wistfully speak of clean clothes, another first-person view drone is heard overhead in the city of Kramatorsk, sending locals scattering.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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This is a time when TCM has never been more popular, with practices including acupuncture, as well as cupping, herbal medicine, and other somatic therapies (or something as simple as drinking warm water) going mainstream in the Western world.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
29 May 2026
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.—
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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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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Terminus always made sure their arrival came just after nightfall when the streetlights were lit and families were sitting back with full bellies bumping against their dinner tables, houses quiet; all conversation having already been spent between forkfuls of food and hearty swallows of drink.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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“Sip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sip. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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