as in to drink
to swallow in liquid form
slowly sipping the hot soup
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Recent Examples of sip
Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
Eat The Daily Catch Relax on the tiki bar swings, sip a fruity cocktail, and listen to live music at Yucatan Waterfront.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
Brunch, cocktails, pasta and sushi are all on the way, along with African cuisine, Middle Eastern sips, seafood and steaks.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
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Verb
The form here is to ease into the evening on the bistrot terrace, elevated just above the restaurant, scattered in old world wrought iron benches and couples sipping the hotel’s signature Amarillo Brillo Mezcal cocktail.
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For other exemplary sips, drive up and around the other side of Etna to visit Vino di Anna, Tenuta delle Terre Nere Winery, SRC, and Frank Cornelissen.
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Food and drink There’s no shortage of food options for hotel guests and visitors stopping by at all hours of the day.—
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But generally, fewer people are seeking out these whales, so fewer are being made, partly because people are not drinking as many high-octane, high alcohol beers.—
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Can his viewer tolerate one big gulp of pure sentimentality after two-plus hours that have largely skirted that tone?—
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Even as dusk descended, people lined up to gulp from public fountains (another blessing), to fill their water bottles, or to splash their bare skin.—
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Elsewhere, swallows flashed across the surface of the water.—
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While many animals, including some modern birds like chickens, swallow stones for digestion, O’Connor noted that no other fossil birds in this particular group had ever been found with gizzard stones.—
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“Sip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sip. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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