different between quaff vs sip

English

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin. Suggestions include connection with Old Irish cuäch (“cup, goblet, bowl; cauldron, large vessel; bowl, cup”) (whence Scots quaich, queff). The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kw?f/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kw?f/, /kw?f/
• Rhymes: -?f

Verb

quaff (third-person singular simple present quaffs, present participle quaffing, simple past and past participle quaffed)

1. To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts. [from mid-16th c.]
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew i 2

     Please ye we may contrive this afternoon, / And quaff carouses to our mistress' health

   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost Book V

     They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet

     Quaff immortality and joy […]

   • 1852, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Dr. Heidegger's Experiment

     Even while quaffing the third draught of the Fountain of Youth, they were almost awed by the expression of his mysterious visage.

Translations

Noun

quaff (plural quaffs)

1. The act of quaffing; a deep draught. [from late 16th c.]

Synonyms

• chug
• gulp
• swig
• See also Thesaurus:drink

Etymology 2

Noun

quaff

1. Misspelling of coif.

English

Etymology

From Middle English sippen, of uncertain origin. Compare with Low German sippen (“to sip”). Possibly from a variant of Middle English suppen (“to drink, sip”) (see sup) or perhaps from Old English sipian, sypian (“to take in moisture, soak, macerate”), from Proto-Germanic *sip?n? (“to drip, trickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, trickle, leak out”). Compare also Old High German supfen (“to drink, sip”), from Proto-Germanic *s?pan? (“to sip, intake”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?p, IPA^(key): /s?p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

sip (plural sips)

1. A small mouthful of drink

Translations

Verb

sip (third-person singular simple present sips, present participle sipping, simple past and past participle sipped)

1. (transitive) To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time.
   • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 5

     He held out to me a bowl of steaming broth, that filled the room with a savour sweeter, ten thousand times, to me than every rose and lily of the world; yet would not let me drink it at a gulp, but made me sip it with a spoon like any baby.
2. (intransitive) To drink a small quantity.

   • [She] rais'd it to her mouth with sober grace; / Then, sipping, offered to the next in place.

3. To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.

   • They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers.

4. (Scotland, US, dated) Alternative form of seep
5. (figuratively) to consume slowly — (usually) in contrast to faster consumption, (sometimes) in contrast to zero consumption
   • 1995 Richard North, Life on a Modern Planet: A Manifesto for Progress p.80 (Manchester University Press, ?ISBN):

     Sales of lightbulbs which sip electricity, and whose increased cost in the shops is easily paid for over their lifetime, used to double every year; in 1990/1991, they leapt sevenfold.

   • 2008 July 3, "The presidential election: White men can vote" The Economist:

     It makes a small car, the Chevy Cobalt, which sips petrol in moderation and is therefore selling well.

   • 2014 October 20, Erik Hyrkas, "Energy Vampires are Attacking Your Home – Here’s How to Stop Them" (Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy)

     Even when turned off, these devices can idly sip electricity from your outlet costing you money.

Synonyms

• nurse
• See also Thesaurus:drink

Translations

See also

• seep
• siphon

Anagrams

• IPS, IPs, ISP, Isp, PIs, PSI, SPI, iPS, isp, pis, psi

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Adjective

sip (comparative sipper, superlative sipst)

1. sad, subdued

   Synonyms: droevig, treurig

Inflection

Indonesian

Etymology

From English safe, from Middle English sauf, safe, saf, saaf, from Old French sauf, saulf, salf (“safe”), from Latin salvus (“whole, safe”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh?- (“whole, every”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?s?p]
• Hyphenation: sip

Adjective

sip (plural sip-sip)

1. (colloquial) safe.
   1. not in danger; out of harm's reach.

      Synonym: aman

   2. free from risk.

      Synonym: terjamin

   3. reliable.

      Synonyms: mantap, elok, baik, sempurna

Further reading

• “sip” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Alternative forms

• sip-dhúntóir

Etymology

From English zip.

Noun

sip f (genitive singular sipe, nominative plural sipeanna)

1. zip, zipper, zip fastener

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "sip" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “sip” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly a calque of English yep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sip/, [?sip]

Interjection

sip

1. (informal, neologism) yep, yeah, uh-huh

See also

• nop

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English ship.

Noun

sip

1. ship