'Sipping' definitions:
Definition of 'Sipping'
From: GCIDE
- Sip \Sip\ (s[i^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sipped (s[i^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Sipping.] [OE. sippen; akin to OD. sippen, and AS. s?pan to sip, suck up, drink. See Sup, v. t.]
- 1. To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea. "Every herb that sips the dew." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To taste the liquor of; to drink out of. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]
- They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]