sipper


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sip

(sĭp)
v. sipped, sip·ping, sips
v.tr.
1. To drink in small quantities.
2. To drink from in sips.
v.intr.
To drink something in sips.
n.
1. The act of sipping.
2. A small quantity of liquid sipped.

[Middle English sippen; see seuə- in Indo-European roots.]

sip′per n.
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sipper

(ˈsɪpə)
n
(Brewing) informal US a drinking straw
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Noun 1. sipper - a drinker who sips
drinker - a person who drinks liquids
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