as in to drink
to swallow in liquid form
slowly sipping the hot soup
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Recent Examples of sip
Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 May 2026
The long plastic bats were open at the top, and when filled with beer, fans could sip from them like unorthodox cups.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 9 May 2026
Saturday and Sunday Visit beautiful local gardens, sip on some wine and support a local elementary school with Mom on Sunday in East Sacramento.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
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Verb
Sitting at a café in Beverly Hills and sipping on our respective caffeinated beverages, the purpose of our morning meeting is decidedly not to go over my birth chart.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 May 2026
The long plastic bats were open at the top, and when filled with beer, fans could sip from them like unorthodox cups.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Noun
Late in the play, after rough shots of Cutty Sark have been downed, and now richer, mellower sips of Johnnie Walker Blue Label are taking hold, the combative card game mellows and expands into life lessons.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 9 May 2026
Saturday and Sunday Visit beautiful local gardens, sip on some wine and support a local elementary school with Mom on Sunday in East Sacramento.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sip
Verb
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Food and drink Amada was a standout.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
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The new ranch comes with a coffee-drinking porch (mandatory), but it is weathered, rustic and needs work.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
Noun
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This primordial gulp, creating a condition known as endosymbiosis (also thought to be the origin story of mitochondria), is believed to have happened just once.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
4 May 2026
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Jimmy Butler was retained for, gulp, Kyle Lowry and, double-gulp, Terry Rozier.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The former supports the spicebush swallow, a native Ohio butterfly.—
Sarah Everett,
The Spruce,
11 May 2026
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In January, Shoemaker returned to the speech pathology clinic to take a swallow test.—
Jason Kane,
NBC news,
6 May 2026
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“Sip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sip. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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