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verb | noun sipsip1 /sɪp/ ●●○ verb (sipped, sipping) [intransitive, transitive] ETYMOLOGYsip1Origin: 1300-1400 Perhaps from sup to drink in small mouthfuls (11-21 centuries), from Old English supan VERB TABLEsip |
Present | I, you, we, they | sip | | he, she, it | sips | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | sipped | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have sipped | | he, she, it | has sipped | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had sipped | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will sip | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have sipped |
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Present | I | am sipping | | he, she, it | is sipping | | you, we, they | are sipping | Past | I, he, she, it | was sipping | | you, we, they | were sipping | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been sipping | | he, she, it | has been sipping | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been sipping | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be sipping | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been sipping |
THESAURUS to pour a liquid into your mouth and swallow it► drink to pour a liquid into your mouth and swallow it: What do you want to drink? Charlie drinks too much coffee. ► sip to drink something in very small amounts: The coffee was hot, and she sipped it carefully. ► take a sip to drink a small amount of a liquid: Take a sip of this and tell me how it tastes. ► slurp to drink something in a noisy way: Stop slurping your soup. ► gulp (down) to drink all of something very quickly: Ed gulped down the water and asked for another glass. ► imbibe formal to drink something, especially alcohol or something else that affects your body. Used especially in literature or scientific writing: Levels of the hormone go up in women two hours after imbibing alcohol. ► lap (up) if an animal laps a drink, it drinks by touching the liquid with its tongue: The cat quickly lapped up all the milk in the bowl. to drink something slowly, taking very small mouthfuls: Tom sipped his coffee thoughtfully.sip on/at He ate his sandwich and sipped on a soda.► see thesaurus at drink1 verb | noun sipsip2 noun [countable] ► took a sip Fraker poured some wine and took a sip. a very small amount of a drink: sip of a sip of coffee Fraker poured some wine and took a sip. |