sippy
nounEtymology From sip + -y.
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Informal A little sip; less than a serving of some particular drink
- Would you like a little water, Sue? SUE. Well, perhaps a sippy. (SUE squirts some water into a paper cup.)1999, Elaine May, Alan Arkin, Power Plays: Three One-Act Plays, →ISBN, page 70:
- 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'.2002, David McKnight, From Hunting to Drinking, →ISBN, page 108:
- Related terms
- sippy bird, sippy cup