supped

verb

past tense of sup
as in sipped
to swallow in liquid form supped the broth slowly

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Recent Examples of supped More than 17,000 wines from 58 countries were entered into the awards, before being supped and quaffed by 245 judges in a rigorous two-week process held in London. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 June 2026 The two famously supped in My Dinner With André and have collaborated plenty before and after, as in Vanya on 42nd Street. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025 Jane had supped in this dining room. — Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supped
  1. sipped
  2. drank
  3. gulped
Verb
  • As the two young women talked, the thirty-five-year-old man sipped the icemelt at the bottom of his glass.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • Inside, Rodríguez Castro sipped an Aperol spritz, then moved on to a California red wine not on the menu.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of sipped
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  • The company behind the beer Sam Adams told NBC Boston its Boston Taproom ran out of Samuel Adams Boston Lager one weekend because of the Tartan Army, which drank four times as much beer as is consumed on a typical four-day weekend.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 19 July 2026
  • Instead, James drank wine, entertained recruiting pitches and served up a whole lot of nothing.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of drank
Verb
  • That public has continually widened its gullet and gulped.
    — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
Definition of gulped

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“Supped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supped. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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