sippy cup

English

Etymology

Diminutive of sip with -y, and cup.

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Noun

sippy cup (plural sippy cups)

  1. A spill-proof cup for toddlers.
    Coordinate term: beaker
    • 2017, Jesmyn Ward, Sing, Unburied, Sing, Bloomsbury Circus, page 100:
      I put the nipple of the sippy cup in her mouth, and she blocks it with her clenched teeth and whips her head to the side.

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