as in to drink
to swallow in liquid form
slowly sipping the hot soup
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Recent Examples of sip
Kathryn Streeter, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Drinking low-acid coffee, sipping it slowly, and pairing it with food can help reduce bloating symptoms.
—Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Health, 29 Oct. 2025
Molly Ball, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
Go through a corn maze, sip on apple cider, and take silly pictures with the cardboard cutouts.
—Kylie Petty, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
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Verb
To join the play, find a shaded picnic table to sip a top-tier brew.
—Kathryn Streeter, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Drinking low-acid coffee, sipping it slowly, and pairing it with food can help reduce bloating symptoms.
—Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Health, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
Back in the car after taping a TV interview about subway surfing, the mayor takes a sip of his smoothie, which has been sitting untouched for hours.
—Molly Ball, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
Go through a corn maze, sip on apple cider, and take silly pictures with the cardboard cutouts.
—Kylie Petty, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sip
Verb
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Staying active, meditating, drinking plenty of water and getting a full night’s sleep.—
Jackie Fields,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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Snag drinking glasses for 50% off and organic cotton cloth napkins for more than half off, plus check out big savings on entire dinnerware sets and more.—
Paige Bennett,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Nov. 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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In Paris, designers moved with the synchronization of a swallow murmuration.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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For instance, the Song range takes inspiration from the construction of a swallow kite that uses bamboo frames to support the paper shape, allowing the bags to be structured yet lightweight.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Sip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sip. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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