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UK
/sˈɪp/
]
[ US /ˈsɪp/ ]
[ US /ˈsɪp/ ]
VERB
-
drink in sips
She was sipping her tea
NOUN
- a small drink
How To Use sip In A Sentence
- People were gulping down sundowners, women seemed to be, rather disinterestedly, sipping their drinks and picking up a bite.
- The snowy dome of Fujisan reddening in the sunrise rose above the violet woodlands of Mississippi Bay as we steamed out of Yokohama Harbour on the 19th, and three days later I saw the last of Japan — a rugged coast, lashed by a wintry sea. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
- The gossip columnist was paid to chronicle the latest escapades of the socially prominent celebrities.
- My ringworm worried her more than the swarms of rumors the local gossips were stirring.
- She sipped from her glass and glanced sideways at me. Times, Sunday Times
- Remember that we also know that in many body systems there are quasiparticles which act very much like normal particles.
- Complicated cross-shareholdings in the keiretsu style are typical in Asia, where controlling families and their cronies siphon much wealth away from shareholders.
- This is not just gossip, incidentally; he publishes this detail in the programme. Times, Sunday Times
- Recently there was some research done which showed that of the sports that are on the anti-siphoning list, the free-to-airs had in fact only shown 16% of telecasts of those sports.
- gossip was the main business of the evening