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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.

v

Definition: drink slowly
Antonyms: down, slurp

noun
noun, Brit, nautical

A sip (of rum), esp. taken from another's tot, as a reward for some service or in celebration. (1944 —) .
H. Tunstall-Behrens A bottle appeared with enough in it to give us all 'sippers' (1956).

[From sip noun + -ers suffix.]

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For a list of words related to sip, see:

• Eating Verbs - sip: drink slowly and carefully in small amounts
• Drinking Terms - sip: small taste of drink

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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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