supped

verb

past tense of sup
as in sipped
to swallow in liquid form supped the broth slowly

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Recent Examples of supped More than 17,000 wines from 58 countries were entered into the awards, before being supped and quaffed by 245 judges in a rigorous two-week process held in London. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 June 2026 The two famously supped in My Dinner With André and have collaborated plenty before and after, as in Vanya on 42nd Street. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025 Jane had supped in this dining room. — Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supped
  1. sipped
  2. drank
  3. gulped
Verb
  • Acker had brought two large deli coffees, and Lee sipped his from a straw.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In a separate photo showcasing her stomach, Culpo sipped on a smoothie from Erewhon in an effort to beat the heat.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of sipped
Verb
  • Hampton drank three Shiner bottled beers and two shots of whiskey at a Grand Prairie pool hall and smoked marijuana at his manager’s house in the hours before the collision, Hampton told a police officer near the scene.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Kenzo leaned back so that his bobbing Adam’s apple was visible, and drank it down in one gulp.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of drank
Verb
  • That public has continually widened its gullet and gulped.
    — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
Definition of gulped

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