sipper

Variant of sip

sip definition

sip (sip)

transitive verb, intransitive verb sipped, sipping sip′·ping

to drink a little at a time

Etymology: ME sippen, akin to LowG sippen: for IE base see sup

noun

  1. the act of sipping
  2. a quantity sipped

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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