I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sip coffee (= drink it slowly )
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He sat in his chair, peacefully sipping his coffee.
sip your drink (= drink it in very small amounts )
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Connie was sitting at the table, sipping her drink slowly.
sipping lid
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
slowly
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After filling a glass with water, she returned to the kitchen and sat down and slowly sipped the water.
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Rockwell sips slowly on a Lite beer.
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I sat still, sipping slowly and thinking hard.
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One of them was an old man, sipping slowly at a beer.
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He sipped slowly , pleased with himself, pleased he had been the first to see the opportunity and seize upon it.
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He sipped slowly at a cup of watered wine and decided to return to his church.
■ NOUN
beer
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She was so extraordinarily beautiful that I nearly laughed out loud ... She sipped some beer and went back to her book.
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Back at Turnhouse, after a light lunch, Carrington and Benson sipped beer .
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Lang sipped some of my beer and leaned back in his chair, looking proud, as if he owned the place.
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One of them was an old man, sipping slowly at a beer .
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I sat there, feeling whole and good, sipping at a beer .
brandy
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Sit with the music, blow a little smoke, time enough to snap out of it, sip the brandy .
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Aubrey sipped his brandy , nursing the balloon in both hands and studying Langford openly.
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Rachel's hand shook as she sipped her brandy .
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She sipped brandy , held it on her tongue, set herself alight.
champagne
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He glanced up from his hardback and sipped his champagne .
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She nodded and pushed the straw under her mask, sipping the champagne .
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Ibn Fayoud sipped his champagne thoughtfully.
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So she sipped champagne , and smiled, and ate, and all the while her fury against Naylor simmered away.
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An infrequent drinker, he sipped his champagne .
coffee
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The majestic Schönbrunn and Belvedere Castles assume the attention of artists great and amateur, and locals sip coffee in timeworn cafés.
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Ray and his friend Dan sipped coffee .
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Fen leaned back, totally relaxed, sipping his coffee .
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He thought a moment, sipped his coffee , thought a little more.
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Amanda sipped her coffee , letting her mind dwell pleasurably on thoughts of the future.
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She smiled as she sipped her coffee .
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I left Farris sipping his coffee and went looking for Resler.
cup
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You kids must miss an awful lot in your eagerness to sip the heady cup of life, as your grandfather used to say.
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Unable to find clean glasses, he sipped from a paper cup .
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He sipped slowly at a cup of watered wine and decided to return to his church.
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But you can forget about those successful and shrewd decisions being remembered if people other than the Rangers sip from the Cup .
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He sat down and sipped carefully from the cup .
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I sipped my plastic cup of reconstituted orange juice and took a bite of my over-buttered pumpernickel bagel, smearing my hands.
drink
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He smiled and sipped his drink , glancing across at the phone as he refilled his glass.
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The lawyers stand and watch, still sipping their drinks as the ambulance pulls away.
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Her lips are so swollen she is unable to eat and can only sip drinks through a straw.
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We sipped our drink and spoke of other things and ignored everything that had happened.
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But then she would, he thought, sipping the delicate drink .
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Then as we began to sip our drinks I would offer Loi half of my single, carefully rationed, biscuit.
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While she was gone Johnny continued to smoke and to sip his drink .
glass
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Turning awkwardly towards the bedside table, she picked up a glass of water and sipped the warm liquid gratefully.
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It is also helpful to put the glass down when not sipping .
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Unable to find clean glasses , he sipped from a paper cup.
tea
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I no longer drank black coffee nor smoked, so I could only chew my almonds and sip my herb tea .
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I sat back and sipped my tea .
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He comes out into the garden and sips his tea and looks around.
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We might instead have been sipping tea at the Grand Hotel in Chowringhee Street.
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After Charter 77 was launched, even the cafes had too many secret police sipping tea .
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After lunch, the two sat on the porch, sipping tea .
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Blanche sipped some more tea and waited.
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Carolyn stood by the table, sipping her new tea and wondering what she could cook.
water
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After they'd gone Sukey paced up and down sipping Evian water .
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I sipped water sparingly, leaving glass after glass for Induk.
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Fox red, moonbeam silver, I held the precious strands like a pilgrim sips water from a miraculous spring.
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She waited, sipping the water , her eyes fixed on me.
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Upstairs, Petey blew his nose and sipped water after finally giving up his dinner and feeling like he could walk again.
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After filling a glass with water , she returned to the kitchen and sat down and slowly sipped the water.
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I sip the water again, and dread, as I did then, the coming winter.
wine
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But tonight she was going to Le Club Zodiaque, tonight she wanted to sip wine until her feet were flying.
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Weaver said Tuesday night while sipping wine and brandishing various medieval weapons for sale in his little shop of horrors.
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She sipped the wine , picked at the first course and let James Hamilton carry the conversation.
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She stood smoking, sipping wine .
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Mr Brown might have been expected to roll each pledge around his mouth like a connoisseur sipping a fine wine .
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She sat down and sipped the wine and contemplated what she had done.
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Riven saw Bragad gesticulating at Bicker, who sipped wine reflectively.
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Maggie sipped cautiously at the wine , aware all the time of dark, sardonic eyes watching her.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She sipped water all the way through the interview.
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Sue sat at the bar sipping a Martini.
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Tom sipped his martini thoughtfully.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After Charter 77 was launched, even the cafes had too many secret police sipping tea.
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As we sat and sipped our half-pint shandies I reflected on what a lucky choice of company I had made.
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Carolyn stood by the table, sipping her new tea and wondering what she could cook.
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He sips coffee from a Hard Rock Cafe mug.
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He smiled and sipped his drink, glancing across at the phone as he refilled his glass.
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I breezed away into a corner where I could sip my vodka-less tonic and mope.
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She smiled and sipped her gin.
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We laughed and joked, Ichiro trying the whiskey, me sipping a little sake.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
take
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He took a sip of tea and set the cup aside.
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Fraker nodded, taking a sip of wine.
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I make myself a cup of milkless tea, vintage 1974, and take a cautious sip .
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Karen took a few sips of her coffee.
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She took a sip of wine, sweet and strong.
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I took the first sip and wanted to stop.
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They could add more tea once he had taken a few sips .
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He took a sip of wine from the pitcher and fixed Marge with his Himalayan stare.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Can I just try a sip , to see if I like it.
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Jenny cautiously took a couple of sips of the liquid.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A single sip of bleach is not toxic, but an overdose of Tylenol can kill you.
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Fraker nodded, taking a sip of wine.
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He took a large sip of his sherry and refused the soup.
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I make myself a cup of milkless tea, vintage 1974, and take a cautious sip .
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Maybe a little sip of cold water?
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Pamela grinned wickedly and took another sip .
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The old man dipped his nose and took a first careful sip .
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The unsmiling Gore took a small sip and then set his glass down on the table.