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sippy cup

sippy cup noun: a spill-proof cup for toddlers.

sippy cup: a spill-proof cup for toddlers
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Noun

sippy cup (plural sippy cups)

  1. A spill-proof cup for toddlers.
    • I put the nipple of the sippy cup in her mouth, and she blocks it with her clenched teeth and whips her head to the side.2017, Jesmyn Ward, Sing, Unburied, Sing, Bloomsbury Circus, page 100

Forms of sippy cup

pluralsippy cups

Origin of sippy cup

Diminutive of sip with -y, and cup.

Questions about sippy cup

What does sippy cup mean?
Sippy cup means a spill-proof cup for toddlers.
What part of speech is sippy cup?
Sippy cup is a noun.
What is the plural of sippy cup?
The plural of sippy cup is sippy cups.

Words near sippy cup in the dictionary

  1. sippled
  2. sipples
  3. sippling
  4. SIPPs
  5. sippy
  6. sippy cup
  7. sippy cups
  8. SIPRNET
  9. sips
  10. sipsful
  11. Sipson

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