sip

[US]/sɪp/
[UK]/sɪp/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a small amount of liquid taken into the mouth
vi. to drink by taking small mouthfuls
vt. to drink by taking small mouthfuls

Phrases & Collocations

Take a sip

Sip slowly

Example Sentences

a sly sip of water.

she took a sip of scalding tea.

Care for a sip?It's full of folacin.

Sip cappuccino at the Cowgirl Luncheonette on First Ave.

she took a sip of the red wine.

Furthermore we extend a new SIP PROX method, analyses the field of the PROX method, fulfill the SIP PROX method and implement enhanced SIP Conference Proxy based on the PROX method.

Is it the mid afternoon sun, or the sip of wine, that brings our lady to the cool kaleyard。

Wu Sun-fu muttered to himself and took a sip at his glass. He was still staring dazedly at the blurred shapes passing in and out of the bar .

Real-world Examples

Perfect, and when you're sipping you sip down, you look down into the tea.

Source: Travel around the world

Take a sip whenever you lose it.

Source: Listening Digest

That was truly a wine to be sipped, not quaffed!

Source: BBC Listening Collection April 2017

Go ahead and take another sip of your tea.

Source: Travel around the world

So we have a sip together before we sleep.

Source: Idol speaks English fluently.

Gave me my first sip when I was 11.

Source: The Good Place Season 2

You're old enough for your first sip.

Source: Modern Family Season 6

There was a slight pause while we sipped our brandy.

Source: Seek pleasure and have fun.

I swallowed and took another sip of Coke before I looked up.

Source: Twilight: Eclipse

A glass of the stuff can be sipped and savoured or just glugged.

Source: 6 Minute English

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