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. To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time.
2. To drink a small quantity.
3. To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.
4. Alternative form of seep
5. 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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɪp/

Etymology

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”).