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sip



Pronunciation: (sip), [key]
—v., sipped, sip•ping,
—n.

—v.t.
1. to drink (a liquid) a little at a time; take small tastes of: He sipped the hot tea noisily.
2. to drink from a little at a time: The bird sipped the flower.
3. to take in; absorb: to sip knowledge at its source.

—v.i.
to drink by sips.

—n.
1. an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid: One sip told me that the milk was sour.
2. a small quantity taken by sipping: Take just a sip, not a gulp or a swallow.

SIP




supplemental income plan.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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