Dictionary![]() ![]() sipPronunciation: (sip), [key] —v., sipped, sip•ping, —n. —v.t. 1. to drink (a liquid) a little at a time; take small tastes of: He sipped the hot tea noisily. 2. to drink from a little at a time: The bird sipped the flower. 3. to take in; absorb: to sip knowledge at its source. —v.i. to drink by sips. —n. 1. an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid: One sip told me that the milk was sour. 2. a small quantity taken by sipping: Take just a sip, not a gulp or a swallow. SIPsupplemental income plan. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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