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sipper

sipper noun: one who sips.

Noun

sipper (plural sippers)

  1. One who sips.
  2. A glass with a narrow tube on one side, for sipping port, etc.
  3. (US, informal) A drinking straw.
  4. (informal) One who sips lean, a poly-substance drink used as a recreational drug.
    • A simple, easy-going summer sipper.2009 May 27, Gord Stimmell, “Gord on Grapes: Lime aromas freshen summer patio sippers”, in Toronto Star, Toronto, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page E9, column 3
    • And let’s not forget all the fall craft brews being introduced right now in breweries, plus other sippers like chai tea, Russian tea and hot chocolate.2020 October 11, Suzy Fleming Leonard, “Forget politics; let’s debate pumpkin spice”, in Florida Today, Melbourne, Fla., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22A, column 4

Forms of sipper

pluralsippers

Origin of sipper

From sip + -er.

Questions about sipper

What does sipper mean?
Sipper means one who sips.
What part of speech is sipper?
Sipper is a noun.
What is the plural of sipper?
The plural of sipper is sippers.

Words near sipper in the dictionary

  1. sipped
  2. Sippel
  3. Sippels
  4. Sippenhaft
  5. Sippenhaftung
  6. sipper
  7. sippers
  8. sippest
  9. sippet
  10. sippeth
  11. sippets

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