Sip — Defs

01 v. t. To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea.

imp. & p. p. Sipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Sipping

1.
To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea.
2.
To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers.
3.
To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.[Poetic]
“They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers.” — Dryden.

02 v. i. To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to take a sip or sips of something.

1.
To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to take a sip or sips of something.
“[She] raised it to her mouth with sober grace; Then, sipping, offered to the next in place.” — Dryden.

03 n. The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips.

1.
The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips.
2.
A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste.
“One sip of this Will bathe the drooping spirits in delight Beyond the bliss of dreams.” — Milton.

“A sip is all that the public ever care to take from reservoirs of abstract philosophy.” — De Quincey.