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sip |
11 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sip \Sip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sipped}; 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. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sip \Sip\, v. i. To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to take a sip or sips of something [She] raised it to her mouth with sober grace; Then, sipping, offered to the next in place --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sip \Sip\, n. 1. The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips. 2. A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste. One sip of this Will bathe the drooping spirits in delight Beyond the bliss of dreams. --Milton. A sip is all that the public ever care to take from reservoirs of abstract philosophy. --De Quincey. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sip \Sip\, v. i. See {Seep}. [Scot. & U.S.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sip n : a small drink [syn: {nip}] v : drink in sips From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: SIP {Session Initiation Protocol} From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: SIP SCSI-3 Interlocked Protocol (SAM) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: SIP Simulated Input Processor From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: SIP SMDS Interface Protocol (SMDS) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: SIP Strategische InformationsPlanung IM From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: SIP Symbolic Input Program
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