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the polite cousin of gulping, dressed up enough to fool everyone into thinking you're savoring.
means Drinking in small, deliberate amounts, taking a little at a time rather than swallowing it all at once.
from From the verb "sip," an old English word likely related to "sup" (as in supper) — both rooted in the everyday act of taking liquid into the mouth. It belongs to a small family of words like "sop" and "soup," all gathered around the simple business of drinking and eating. The "-ing" is just the ordinary ending that turns the action into something ongoing — the slow, genteel act caught in the middle of happening.
- heat defense
- tiny sips cool liquid before it scorches the throat
- tea ritual
- loud slurping signals respect in many Asian cultures
- wine science
- swirling and sipping spreads aroma across the palate
- slow trick
- sippers drink less alcohol than gulpers per hour
- word origin
- likely imitates the soft sound of the act
tea ceremony — japanese ritual perfected over 500 years, involving precise sipping techniques of matcha
bubble tea in taipei — taiwan street culture since the 1980s, sipping tapioca pearls through wide straws