sip

Meaning

Noun

1. A small mouthful of drink
2. An event at which people drink alcohol in small, usually sub-intoxicating amounts.

Verb

1. (transitive) To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time.
2. (intransitive) To drink a small quantity.
3. To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.
4. (Scotland, US, alt-of, alternative, dated) Alternative form of seep.
5. (figuratively) To consume slowly.

Synonyms

suck

drink

🥤

taste

gulp

slurp

draught

swallow

mouthful

sup

draft

imbibe

kiss

😗

lap

lick

try

try out

drink in

test

absorb

nip

inhale

quaff

sample

sob

😭

swallow a liquid

bite

breathe in

draw up

engross

gulping

guzzle

masticate

preoccupy

siphon

sipping

soak up

suck in

suck up

thimbleful

drink off

touch

whiff

to drink

Translations

siroter

nippen

gorgée

sorbo

schlürfen

sorso

opslorpen

resorberen

slurpen

Schlückchen

sorseggiare

sorbire

sorver

xarrupar

absorber

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɪp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sippen

Cognate with Low German: sippen

Cognate with Middle English: suppen

Inherited from Old English: sipian

In summary

Inherited from Middle English sippen, of uncertain origin. Compare with Low German sippen (“to sip”). Possibly from a variant of Middle English suppen (“to drink, sip”) (see sup) or perhaps from Old English sipian, sypian (“to take in moisture, soak, macerate”), from Proto-Germanic *sipōną (“to drip, trickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, trickle, leak out”). Compare also Old High German supfen (“to drink, sip”), from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną (“to sip, intake”).