3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers. [1913 Webster] 3. To taste the liquor of; to drink out of. [Poetic] [1913 Webster] They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: sip n : a small drink [syn: {nip}] v : drink in sips; "She was sipping her tea" [also: {sipping}, {sipped}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: sipping See {sip}
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