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1. to drink (a liquid) a little at a time; take small tastes of. 2. to drink from a little at a time. 3. to drink by sips. n. 4. an act or instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid. 5. a small quantity taken by sipping. sip′per, n. syn: See drink.
Stone slouched against the teak railing, sipping at the champagne, his mind at ease.
v. to drink (a liquid) a little at a time: [~ + object] She sipped her hot tea slowly.[no object] sipping at her tea. n. [countable] an act or instance of sipping. a small quantity taken by sipping. sip per, n. [countable] sip ping ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
Present participle of sip. The act of taking a sip. Jackson found Sarah sitting in the drawing room sipping coffee. Her sister waited in the reception room, sipping tea and flipping through a magazine. When she returned to the house, Alex was sitting at the kitchen table, sipping coffee.
Sipping refers to the action of taking small, gentle mouthfuls of a beverage, rather than consuming it quickly or in large gulps.
There's nothing better than sipping coffee, eating scrambled eggs, and taking three hours to do it. Sipping is a verb. The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being. See the conjugation of the verb sipping in English.
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