To take a fluid into the mouth in small quantities by the lips; as, to sip wine; to sip tea or coffee.

To drink or imbibe in small quantities. Every herb that sips the dew.

To draw into the mouth; to extract; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers.

To drink out of. They skim the floods, and sip the purple flow’rs.

To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips.

The taking of a liquor with the lips; or a small draught taken with the lips. One sip of this will bathe the drooping spirits in delight, beyond the bliss of dreams.