Definition of "sip"

sip

/sɪp/

noun
plural sips
1. A small mouthful of drink
2. An event at which people drink alcohol in small, usually sub-intoxicating amounts.
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  Earl is always a good time. His appearance at parties, whether it's a smart cocktail sip or a basement gig, is mandatory.
  1985 April 20, Joseph Beam, “Black Men Loving Black Men: The Revolutionary Act of the Eighties”, in Gay Community News, page 5
verb
third-person singular simple present sips, present participle sipping, simple past and past participle sipped
1. (transitive) To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time.
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  He held out to me a bowl of steaming broth, that filled the room with a savour sweeter, ten thousand times, to me than every rose and lily of the world; yet would not let me drink it at a gulp, but made me sip it with a spoon like any baby.
  1898, J. Meade Falkner, chapter 5, in Moonfleet, London, Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934
  A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
  1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess‎
  bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.
  2013 August 3, “Revenge of the nerds”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847
2. (intransitive) To drink a small quantity.
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  [She] rais'd it to her mouth with sober grace; / Then, sipping, offered to the next in place.
  1697, Virgil, “The Second Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […]
3. To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.
  Quotations
  They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers.
  1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […]
4. (Scotland, US, dated) Alternative form of seep
5. (figurative) To consume slowly.
  Quotations
  Sales of lightbulbs which sip electricity, and whose increased cost in the shops is easily paid for over their lifetime, used to double every year; in 1990/1991, they leapt sevenfold.
  1995, Richard North, Life on a Modern Planet: A Manifesto for Progress‎, Manchester University Press, page 80
  It makes a small car, the Chevy Cobalt, which sips petrol in moderation and is therefore selling well.
  2008 July 3, “The presidential election: White men can vote”, in The Economist‎
  Even when turned off, these devices can idly sip electricity from your outlet costing you money.
  2014 October 20, Erik Hyrkas, "Energy Vampires are Attacking Your Home – Here’s How to Stop Them" (Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy)

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