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sipping

sipping

English

Verb

sipping

present participle of sip

Noun

sipping ‎(plural sippings)

The act of taking a sip.
- 1852, Theophilus Thompson, Annals of Influenza Or Epidemic Catarrhal Fever in Great Britain from 1510 to 1837 (page 107)
  But, in general, a few days' confinement, abstinence from flesh meat, and frequent sippings of some tepid pectoral drink, sufficed for the cure.