Meanings
nounsippy cup (plural sippy cups)
plural sippy cups
- A spill-proof cup for toddlers.
I put the nipple of the sippy cup in her mouth, and she blocks it with her clenched teeth and whips her head to the side.
2017, Jesmyn Ward, Sing, Unburied, Sing, Bloomsbury Circus, page 100
Origin
Diminutive of sip with -y, and cup.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 鴨嘴杯 /鸭嘴杯
- 鴨嘴杯 /鸭嘴杯 (yāzuǐbēi)spill-proof cup for toddlers
Finnish nokkamuki
- nokkamukispill-proof cup for toddlers
German Schnabeltasse
- Schnabeltassespill-proof cup for toddlers
Greek εκπαιδευτικό ποτηράκι
- εκπαιδευτικό ποτηράκι (ekpaideftikó potiráki)spill-proof cup for toddlers
Polish niekapek
- niekapekspill-proof cup for toddlers
Spanish vaso infantil
- vaso infantilspill-proof cup for toddlers
Turkish damlatmaz bardak
- damlatmaz bardakspill-proof cup for toddlers
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APA
sippy cup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sippy%20cup
MLA
“sippy cup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sippy%20cup. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sippy cup,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sippy%20cup.
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