sipping

English

Verb

sipping

  1. present participle of sip

Noun

sipping (plural sippings)

  1. The act of taking a sip.
    • 1852, Theophilus Thompson, Annals of Influenza Or Epidemic Catarrhal Fever in Great Britain from 1510 to 1837, page 107:
      But, in general, a few days' confinement, abstinence from flesh meat, and frequent sippings of some tepid pectoral drink, sufficed for the cure.

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