Sip (sĭp), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sipped (sĭpt); p. pr. & vb. n.Sipping.] [OE. sippen; akin to OD. sippen, and AS. sūpan 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.
They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers. Dryden.