<p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>to drink (a liquid) a little at a time; take small tastes of: He sipped the hot tea noisily.</li><li>to drink from a little at a time: The bird sipped the flower.</li><li>to take in; absorb: to sip knowledge at its source.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>to drink by sips.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid: One sip told me that the milk was sour.</li><li>a small quantity taken by sipping: Take just a sip, not a gulp or a swallow.</li></ul>