Definitions
take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon
Word origin
The verb is from Middle English soupen, from Old English sūpan (“to sip, drink, taste”), from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną (compare Dutch zuipen (“to drink, tipple, booze”), German saufen (“to drink, booze”), Swedish supa (“to drink, swallow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sub-, compare Sanskrit सूप (sū́pa, “soup, broth”), from *sewe (“to take liquid”). More at suck.
Used in a sentence
“There I'll sup / Balm and nectar in my cup.”
“We stood upon the forehead of the hills, / And lifted up our hearts in prayer; / And as we halted, reverent, / Meseemed that Nature o’er us bent, / That she did bid us sup / From bread she gave and from her cup.”
“And as she supped her tea she smiled discreetly at him over the brim.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“What's ___?”3 letters
02“Sip slowly”3 letters
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