sipper

[ sip-er ]

noun
  1. a person who sips.

  2. a paper tube through which to sip; drinking straw.

Origin of sipper

1
First recorded in 1605–15; sip + -er1

Words Nearby sipper

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How to use sipper in a sentence

  • Lemonade: that classic cool-off, that tangy treat, that summertime sipper, that juice that tastes so good with a shot of vodka.

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  • Meanwhile a great black and white paper-hornet has seen his opportunity, and is soon slyly approaching behind the sipper.

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  • I am no heartless sensualist, no butterfly sipper at the lips of beauty.

British Dictionary definitions for sipper

sipper

/ (ˈsɪpə) /


noun
  1. US informal a drinking straw

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