Meanings
nounsipping (plural sippings)
plural sippings
- The act of taking a sip.
But, in general, a few days' confinement, abstinence from flesh meat, and frequent sippings of some tepid pectoral drink, sufficed for the cure.
1852, Theophilus Thompson, Annals of Influenza Or Epidemic Catarrhal Fever in Great Britain from 1510 to 1837, page 107
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of sip
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“sipping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sipping. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sipping,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sipping.
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