sippy cupn.
/ˈsɪpɪ ˌkʌp/, U.S. /ˈsɪpi ˌkəp/ Chiefly U.S. colloquial.
A plastic cup or beaker, used esp. by young children, which has a lid with a spout which allows the liquid inside to be drunk but prevents spillage.
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1986 Nursing Homes Mar.–Apr. 39/2 A popular one..is the sippy cup, designed with an attached lid with a raised projection similar to a straw with a small hole in it. As the patient tips the cup, holding it in the hand..the fluid flows into the person's mouth without spilling.
1992 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 4 Dec. 2 Nearly 2 million homes tune in to ‘Barney & Friends’ daily, making him the Elvis of the sippie-cup set.
2002 Parenting Sept. 194 Start by replacing a midday bottle with a sippy cup rather than trying to eliminate your child's bedtime bottle right away.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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