sippy

sippy

See also: Sippy

English

Etymology

    From sip + -y.

    Pronunciation

    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɪpi

    Noun

    sippy (plural sippies)

    1. (informal) A little sip; less than a serving of some particular drink
      • 1999, Elaine May, Alan Arkin, Power Plays: Three One-Act Plays[1], →ISBN, page 70:
        Would you like a little water, Sue? SUE. Well, perhaps a sippy. (SUE squirts some water into a paper cup.)
      • 2002, David McKnight, From Hunting to Drinking, →ISBN, page 108:
        By going to the canteen as soon as it opened some people hoped to cadge money, or one or more cans, or at least a 'sippy'.