sippy cup

English

A child holding a sippy cup.

Etymology

Diminutive of sip with -y, and cup.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

sippy cup (plural sippy cups)

1. A spill-proof cup for toddlers.
   • 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.

   Coordinate term: beaker

Translations

spill-proof cup for toddlers

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鴨嘴杯／鸭嘴杯 (yāzuǐbēi)

• Finnish: nokkamuki (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Schnabeltasse (de) f
• Greek: εκπαιδευτικό ποτηράκι n (ekpaideftikó potiráki)
• Polish: niekapek m
• Spanish: vaso infantil m
• Turkish: damlatmaz bardak

Further reading

• sippy cup on Wikipedia.Wikipedia