SIP
NOUNS
► BIB a small drink; a sip; a small quantity of food → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SIPE a sip → 1993 Amer. dial.
► SIPPET a little sip → a1529 obs.
► SUP a small quantity of liquid such as can be taken into the mouth at one tip; a sip, a mouthful → 1570
► SWOPE a small quantity of liquid, such as can be taken into the mouth at one time; a mouthful, a sip → 1639 Eng. dial. obs.
► TIFF a sip or little drink of punch or other diluted liquor → 1727 colloq.
VERBS
► APPLE AND PIP to sip → 1972 UK rhyming sl.
► BAIBLE to sip often, to tipple; to drink carelessly, with spilling → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLEB to sip, to tipple → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► DELIBATE to take a little of; to taste, to sip → 1623 obs.
► SABLE to take frequent sips → 1848 Eng. dial. obs.
► SIPPLE to drink liquor, etc. slowly or by small sips; to sip up → 1566
► SMELLSIP to smell and sip almost simultaneously → 1922
► SOUP to slurp, to sip → 1903 Amer. dial.
► SUP to take liquid into the mouth in small quantities, as opposed to a draught, to sip → c1000 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► SWOPE to take liquid into the mouth in small quantities; to sip → 1617 Eng. dial. obs.
► TIFF to drink; esp. to drink slowly or in small portions; to sip → 1769 colloq.
► VAMP to fill up a glass, teapot, etc. when partially empty; to sip slowly → 1893 Eng. dial.