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Webster 1913 Edition


Sip

Sip

(sĭp)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sipped
(sĭpt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sipping
.]
[OE.
sippen
; akin to OD.
sippen
, and AS.
s[GREEK]pan
to sip, suck up, drink. See
Sup
,
Verb.
T.
]
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
.
“Every herb that sips the dew.”
Milton.
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.

Sip

,
Verb.
I.
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.

Sip

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sip

SIP

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To take a fluid into the mouth in small quantities by the lips; as, to sip wine; to sip tea or coffee.
2.
To drink or imbibe in small quantities. Every herb that sips the dew.
3.
To draw into the mouth ; to extract; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers.
4.
To drink out of. They skim the floods, and sip the purple flow'rs.

Definition 2024


Síp

Síp

See also: sip, síp, şip, and šíp

Vietnamese

Proper noun

Síp

  1. Cyprus

Adjective

Síp

  1. Cypriot

síp

síp

See also: sip, Síp, şip, and šíp

Hungarian

Noun

síp (plural sípok)

  1. whistle (musical instrument)
  2. pipe (organ)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative síp sípok
accusative sípot sípokat
dative sípnak sípoknak
instrumental síppal sípokkal
causal-final sípért sípokért
translative síppá sípokká
terminative sípig sípokig
essive-formal sípként sípokként
essive-modal
inessive sípban sípokban
superessive sípon sípokon
adessive sípnál sípoknál
illative sípba sípokba
sublative sípra sípokra
allative síphoz sípokhoz
elative sípból sípokból
delative sípról sípokról
ablative síptól sípoktól
Possessive forms of síp
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. sípom sípjaim
2nd person sing. sípod sípjaid
3rd person sing. sípja sípjai
1st person plural sípunk sípjaink
2nd person plural sípotok sípjaitok
3rd person plural sípjuk sípjaik

Derived terms


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sip/

Interjection

síp

  1. (informal) Yup or yep.

Synonyms