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What is a basic definition of dip?
Dip means to plunge something quickly in a liquid or to sink or go downward. A dip is a creamy mixture that chips or other foods are scooped into. Dip has many other senses as a verb and a noun.
When something is dipped into a liquid, it is usually only submerged for a short time to soak up some liquid.
- Real-life examples: Candy or scoops of ice cream may be dipped in chocolate or caramel. A paint brush is dipped in paint. A thermometer might be dipped in a pool to measure temperature.
- Used in a sentence: I dipped my foot in the pool to see how cold it was.
Dip can also mean to descend or go down, especially temporarily.
- Real-life examples: Temperatures dip when it becomes cold. Prices tend to dip during the holidays. A company’s stock value may dip.
- Used in a sentence: Oil prices dipped after the announcement of a new line of electric cars.
Dips are creamy mixes that foods are dipped into. In this sense, another noun is often used as a modifier to specify what the main ingredients of the dip are, as in a cheese dip or a buffalo chicken dip. Grocery stores sell popular dips, but many dips are homemade.
- Used in a sentence: I know how to make a pretty good spinach dip.
Where does dip come from?
The first records of dip come from before the year 1000. It ultimately comes from the Old English dyppan, meaning “to baptize.”
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What are some other forms related to dip?
- dipper (noun)
- dippable (adjective)
- undipped (adjective)
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How is dip used in real life?
Dip is a common word that most often means to briefly put something in liquid or to go down.
The waitress brought me ranch AND BBQ sauce to dip my chicken tenders in and now I know what love feels like.
— elijah daniel (@elijahdaniel) December 27, 2014
If this ends 2-1 Fernandes will have scored United's winners in all three Premier League games this season. His performance level has dipped but he does not lack bottle. #mufc
— Samuel Luckhurst (@samuelluckhurst) November 7, 2020
Ordered an extra cheese dip for our breadsticks and pizza tonight and they accidentally gave us 2 extra orders of breadsticks. I let them know and they let us keep them. I call that a win!
— Hunter Petroviak (@Hunter_TVNews) January 16, 2021
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True or False?
When you dip something in a liquid, you let it soak for a long time.