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Dictionary: sip   (sĭp) pronunciation

v., sipped, sip·ping, sips.

v.tr.
  1. To drink in small quantities.
  2. To drink from in sips.
v.intr.
To drink something in sips.

n.
  1. The act of sipping.
  2. A small quantity of liquid sipped.

[Middle English sippen.]

sipper sip'per n.

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verb

    To take into the mouth and swallow (a liquid): drink, imbibe, pull on, quaff, sup. Informal swig, toss down (or off). Slang belt. Idioms: wet one's whistle. See mouth.

noun

  1. An act of drinking or the amount swallowed: draft, drink, potation, pull, quaff, sup, swill. Informal swig. Slang belt. See mouth.
  2. A small amount of liquor: dram, drop, jigger, shot, tot1. Informal nip2, slug1. Slang snort. See big/small/amount, ingestion.

Antonyms: sip
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v

Definition: drink slowly
Antonyms: down, slurp


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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a small drink
  Synonym: nip


The verb sip has one meaning:

Meaning #1: drink in sips


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - nippe til
v. intr. - nippe
n. - nip, lille tår, slurk

idioms:

  • sip at    nippe til

abbr. - SIP; Supplerende Indkomstplan

Nederlands (Dutch)
nippen, voorzichtig drinken, slokje

Français (French)
v. tr. - siroter, boire à petites gorgées
v. intr. - siroter, boire à petites gorgées
n. - petite gorgée

idioms:

  • sip at    boire à, goûter à

abbr. - (abrév = single in-line package) boîtier dont les connexions sortent toutes du même côté, (abrév = supplementary income plan) (US) plan de revenus annexes

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schlückchen
v. - nippen, schlürfen

idioms:

  • sip at    nippen

abbr. - Einzel-in-line-Packung, (USA) Plan zur Einkommensaufstockung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γουλιά, ρούφηγμα
v. - αργοπίνω, ρουφώ
abbr. - μονάδα ηλεκτρονικού εξαρτήματος

idioms:

  • sip at    σιγοπίνω

Italiano (Italian)
sorseggiare, sorso

idioms:

  • sip at    centellinare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - gole (m)
v. - bebericar

idioms:

  • sip at    beber de

Русский (Russian)
пить маленькими глотками, пробовать, собирать мед, впитывать, глоток

idioms:

  • sip at    пить маленькими глотками из чего-л.

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - sorber, beber a sorbos, probar
v. intr. - sorber, beber a sorbos, probar
n. - sorbo

idioms:

  • sip at    sorber

abbr. - (EE.UU.) Plan de Ingresos Suplementarios, paquete en línea único

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - smutt
v. - läppja, smutta
abbr. - (single in-line package) typ av förpackning

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
啜, 啜饮

idioms:

  • sip at    啜饮...

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 啜
v. intr. - 啜飲
n. - 啜飲

idioms:

  • sip at    啜飲...

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (술 따위를 음미하며) 홀짝홀짝 마시다, (지식을) 흡수하다
v. intr. - 홀짝홀짝 마시다
n. - (마실 것의) 한 모금, 한 번 마시기, 한 번 홀짝 마시는 양

idioms:

  • sip at    ~을 홀짝홀짝 마시다

abbr. - 단일 직렬 패키지(IC 패키지의 핀 배열이 한쪽 일렬로만 된 것), 보충 소득안

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - すする, ちびちび飲む, 吸収する
n. - ひとすすり, ツー, ちびちび飲むこと

idioms:

  • sip at    ちびりちびり飲む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رشفه, رشف (فعل) يرشف (اختصار) مختصر : خطه دعم الدخل, مختصر : رزمه (بيانات) في الخط (تعبير كومبيوتر)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮לגם, טעם מעט‬
v. intr. - ‮לגם, טעם מעט‬
n. - ‮לגימה‬
abbr. - ‮חבילה (של תוכנה) בודדת מקוונת, תוכנית השלמת הכנסה (ארה"ב)‬


 
 

 

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