sip
/sɪp/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "So order one more coffee / Have another sip of wine / We can go on talking / Until it's disco closing time"
- "Earl is always a good time. His appearance at parties, whether it's a smart cocktail sip or a basement gig, is mandatory."
- "He held out to me a bowl of steaming broth, that filled the room with a savour sweeter, ten thousand times, to me than every rose and lily of the world; yet would not let me drink it at a gulp, but made me sip it with a spoon like any baby."
- "A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed."
- "bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food."
- "[She] rais'd it to her mouth with sober grace; / Then, sipping, offered to the next in place."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sippen, of uncertain origin. Compare with Low German sippen (“to sip”). Possibly from a variant of Middle English suppen (“to drink, sip”) (see sup) or perhaps from Old English sipian, sypian (“to take in moisture, soak, macerate”), from Proto-Germanic *sipōną (“to drip, trickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, trickle, leak out”). Compare also Old High German supfen (“to drink, sip”), from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną (“to sip, intake”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: sippen, sipian, *sipōną, *seyb-
Usage
- Transitive verb
- Intransitive verb
- American usage
- Dated