sipper

US: (sip′ər)

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sip•per  (sip′ər), n. 

1. a person who sips.
2. a paper tube through which to sip;
   drinking straw.

• sip + -er¹ 1605–15

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

sip /sɪp/   v., sipped, sip•ping, n. 
v. 

1. to drink (a liquid) a little at a time: [~ + object]
   She sipped her hot tea slowly.
   [no object]
   sipping at her tea.

n. [countable]

2. an act or instance of sipping.
3. a small quantity taken by sipping.

sip•per, n. [countable]
sip•ping•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

sip  (sip), 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. 

4. to drink by sips.

n. 

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

• Middle English sippen (verb, verbal), akin to Low German sippen to sip 1350–1400

sip′ping•ly, adv. 
Synonyms

• 1. See drink. 

SIP, 

1. Business supplemental income plan.