Sip v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sipped p. pr. & vb. n. Sipping.]
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.”
2. To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers.
3. To taste the liquor of; to drink out of. [Poetic]
They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers. --Dryden.
sip
n : a small drink [syn: nip]
v : drink in sips; "She was sipping her tea"
[also: sipping, sipped]