sips
SaySIPS/sɪps/
- 1Plural of sip.
Between nervous sips of coffee, she rehearsed her opening line.
He finished the cocktail in slow, deliberate sips.
Note
A plural that shares its spelling with a verb: two sips is the noun, while she sips is the present-tense form of to sip. The test is position. After a number, an article or a preposition (a few sips, between sips) it is the noun; after a subject it is the verb. The plural also covers the gatherings where people drink alcohol in small, sub-intoxicating amounts.
sips is a form of sip
sip, noun: A small mouthful of a drink, taken in one swallow. Full entry
- Forms
- sipsips plural
- Spelling
- sip → sips: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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