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the smallest unit of patience, hiding inside every cup you can't put down
means To drink something in small, gentle mouthfuls rather than gulping it down.
from From Old English, where 'sippan' meant to take in a little liquid — likely a softer, quieter cousin of 'sup' (as in supper). The two words share a sense of small, deliberate drinking, and you can almost hear the difference: 'sup' is the slurp, 'sip' is the hush.
- taste zone
- first sip wakes more taste buds than later gulps
- wine ritual
- sommeliers sip and spit to taste hundreds daily
- temperature trick
- small sips cool scalding drinks safely on contact
- word origin
- likely imitates the soft sound itself