as in to drink
to swallow in liquid form
slowly sipping the hot soup
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Recent Examples of sip
Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 13 June 2025
Peruse food and drink titles while sipping on rosés and sauvignon blancs at the Best Little Wine & Books.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
Bernard Pereda, The Conversation, 20 May 2025
Eileen curses and takes sips of wine, bringing unexpected levity to a film that is ultimately about spiritual warfare.
—Beatrice Loayza, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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Verb
In one, Sydney Sweeney and Julianne Moore star as a complicated mother-daughter duo and in another, eight women fight on screen for an hour while sipping on cocktails and snacking on caviar.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 13 June 2025
Peruse food and drink titles while sipping on rosés and sauvignon blancs at the Best Little Wine & Books.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
Noun
Yet studies from several research groups have found that parents providing alcohol, even just sips or tastes, actually increases rather than decreases future drinking.
—Bernard Pereda, The Conversation, 20 May 2025
Eileen curses and takes sips of wine, bringing unexpected levity to a film that is ultimately about spiritual warfare.
—Beatrice Loayza, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sip
Verb
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This advisory is in effect until Monday at 11 p.m. During heat waves, consider the following tips from the NWS Stay hydrated: Make sure to drink plenty of fluids.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 June 2025
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Fafara went to live with his sister but continued to drink and use narcotics.—
Meredith Wilshere,
People.com,
7 June 2025
Verb
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That's why Trader Joe's shoppers keep coming back to these cakes (and sometimes gulp them down in the car).—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
12 June 2025
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The young woman gulps it down, not realizing it is laced with a sedative.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Arthur asks whether this is an African or a European swallow.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 Apr. 2025
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Last year a swallow built a nest on the rocks above our front door.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Sip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sip. Accessed 21 Jun. 2025.
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