sip
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sip \Sip\ (s[i^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sipped} (s[i^]pt); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Sipping}.] [OE. sippen; akin to OD. sippen, and
AS. s?pan to sip, suck up, drink. See {Sup}, v. t.]
1. To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to
take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid;
as, to sip tea. "Every herb that sips the dew." --Milton.
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2. To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar
from the flowers.
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3. To taste the liquor of; to drink out of. [Poetic]
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They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers.
--Dryden.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sip \Sip\, v. i.
To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to
take a sip or sips of something.
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[She] raised it to her mouth with sober grace;
Then, sipping, offered to the next in place. --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sip \Sip\, n.
1. The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips.
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2. A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste.
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One sip of this
Will bathe the drooping spirits in delight
Beyond the bliss of dreams. --Milton.
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A sip is all that the public ever care to take from
reservoirs of abstract philosophy. --De Quincey.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
90 Moby Thesaurus words for "sip":
beverage, bib, bite, booze, bumper, cast, dash, draft,
drain the cup, dram, drench, drink, drink bottoms-up, drink deep,
drink hard, drink in, drink off, drink to, drink up, drop,
follow strong drink, gargle, gleam, grog, gulp, guzzle, hint, idea,
imbibe, intimation, jigger, jolt, knock back, lap, lap up,
libation, lick, look, nip, peg, pledge, portion, potation, potion,
pull, quaff, round, round of drinks, sample, savor, scintilla,
shade, shadow, shot, slurp, smack, smattering, smell, snifter,
snort, soak, soupcon, spark, spot, sprinkling, suck, suck in,
suckle, suggestion, sup, suspicion, swallow, swig, swill, taste,
taste of, thought, tincture, tinge, tipple, toast, tope, toss,
toss down, toss off, tot, touch, trace, wash down, wet
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