sip

sip at (something)

To take small sips of a drink over a period of time. My favorite thing to do is watch the sun come up while I sip at my first coffee of the day. It always makes me self-conscious when someone I'm out with sips at one or two drink throughout the whole evening while I'm getting a fresh pint every half hour.
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sip on (something)

To take small sips of a drink over a period of time. My favorite thing to do is watch the sun come up while I sip on my first coffee of the day. It amazes me how people can sip on their drinks. I can't help myself from guzzling them down!
See also: on, sip
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

sip at

or sip on
v.
To drink from some beverage in small amounts at a time: The skier sipped at the hot coffee at the lodge. She was sipping on a cocktail at the bar.
See also: sip
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.

sip

1. n. a puff of a marijuana cigarette. (Drugs.) He took a big sip and held it so long he almost turned blue.
2. tv. & in. to take a puff of a marijuana cigarette. The alley was populated by a bunch of teeny-boppers sipping away the afternoon.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • sip at
  • sip at (something)
  • sip on (something)
  • do the drink thing
  • be in the drink
  • name your poison
  • pick your poison
  • What are you drinking?
  • What are you having?
  • What would you like to drink?
References in periodicals archive
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"Most of that extra money was spent on educating investors about the virtues of long-term investment through the SIP route," Kaeley said.
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Our goal in this paper is to evaluate how a virtualized carrier grade SIP server, which is HA clustered using both CGL and HAM and run on a VM on an IA server, behaves during live migration.
Live migration of virtualized carrier grade SIP server
"We recommend SIP to retail investors whose time frame is less than 10 years to avoid ill-timing the market.
Why SIP Is Best
DuraFon-SIP features an RJ45 Ethernet port and supports 10 SIP accounts with four concurrent talk paths.
ENGENIUS DEBUTS DURAFON-SIP CORDLESS PHONE SYSTEM
More than 260 companies have engaged with the SIP to date, undertaking recruitment, training and new talent development programmes cofunded through the partnership and delivered through Cogent Skills' range of delivery services including traineeships, apprenticeships, graduate development, training courses and careers advice and guidance.
Industry bosses call on employers to take up PS32m fund
However, if SIP is applied to NEMO, it may increase the handoff signaling cost, when many re-INVITE messages are transferred among the sessions in progress.
Analytical approach of cost-effective and secure SIP-based mobility management scheme for NEMO environments
Speaking about the launch of Geojit BNP Paribas' Equity SIP portfolios, C J George, Managing Director said, "Our new Equity SIP portfolios are practical and cost effective ways to help different kinds of investors meet their investment goals.
Introducing Systematic Share Purchase Scheme
Global Banking News-April 1, 2014--Geojit announces four equity SIP portfolios
Geojit announces four equity SIP portfolios
Trilogy developed a simple solution to the challenge, built around a widely recognised open telephony standard, SIP or Session Initiation Protocol.
Interconnecting intercoms
SESSION Initiation Protocol - more commonly referred to as SIP - is one of the fastest growing technologies today with many businesses choosing to migrate away from traditional ISDN lines in favour of SIP trunks.
Connecting with others a faster way
Software firm SAGE has just launched the latest addition to its flagship Wealth Management solution Prospero - a set of features designed to automate the Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) process.
SAGE launches Prospero's new SIP module
Saba, M.D., Ph.D., senior scientist at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI), shows that a lipid signaling molecule called sphingosine-1-phosphate or "SIP" can trigger an inflammatory response that stimulates the muscle stem cells to proliferate and assist in muscle repair.
Clues to muscle stem cell functions offer hope to Duchenne MD patients