: a cup that has a detachable lid with a projecting hole designed to help a young child sip liquid from the cup without spilling it
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Alongside prosecco and sparkling water, we were offered apple juice in a sippy cup as a welcome drink.
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Jen Salerno Young, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2024
Rome could be seen drinking from a blue sippy cup, snuggled in between his parents.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
After all, Jay-Z pointed out his daughter, Blue Ivy, has used one as a sippy cup.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2024
Ask yourself if this story would have made news if the child was sipping from a water bottle, baby bottle, or sippy cup.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 22 Nov. 2023
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Jen Salerno Young, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2024
Rome could be seen drinking from a blue sippy cup, snuggled in between his parents.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
After all, Jay-Z pointed out his daughter, Blue Ivy, has used one as a sippy cup.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2024
Ask yourself if this story would have made news if the child was sipping from a water bottle, baby bottle, or sippy cup.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 22 Nov. 2023
See all Example Sentences for sippy cup
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“Sippy cup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sippy%20cup. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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