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dip
1[ dip ]
verb (used with object)
- to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid:
He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
Synonyms: duck
- to raise or take up by a bailing, scooping, or ladling action:
to dip water out of a boat; to dip ice cream from a container.
Synonyms: scoop
- to lower and raise:
to dip a flag in salutation.
- to immerse (a sheep, hog, etc.) in a solution to destroy germs, parasites, or the like.
- to make (a candle) by repeatedly plunging a wick into melted tallow or wax.
- Nautical. to lower and rehoist (a yard of a lugsail) when coming about in tacking.
- Archaic. to baptize by immersion.
- Obsolete. to moisten or wet as if by immersion.
verb (used without object)
- to plunge into water or other liquid and emerge quickly:
The boat dipped into the waves.
Synonyms: dive
- to put the hand, a dipper, etc., down into a liquid or a container, especially in order to remove something (often followed by in or into ):
He dipped into the jar for an olive.
- to withdraw something, especially in small amounts (usually followed by in or into ):
to dip into savings.
- to sink or drop down:
The sun dipped below the horizon.
- to incline or slope downward:
At that point the road dips into a valley.
- to decrease slightly or temporarily:
Stock-market prices often dip on Fridays.
- to engage slightly in a subject (often followed by in or into ):
to dip into astronomy.
- to read here and there in a book, subject, or author's work (often followed by in or into ):
to dip into Plato.
- South Midland and Southern U.S. to take snuff.
noun
- the act of dipping.
- that which is taken up by dipping.
- a quantity taken up by dipping; the amount that a scoop, ladle, dipper, etc., will hold.
- a scoop of ice cream.
- Chiefly Northern U.S. a liquid or soft substance into which something is dipped.
- a creamy mixture of savory foods for scooping with potato chips, crackers, and the like, often served as an hors d'oeuvre, especially with cocktails.
- a momentary lowering; a sinking down.
- a moderate or temporary decrease:
a dip in stock-market prices.
- a downward extension, inclination, slope, or course.
- the amount of such extension.
- a hollow or depression in the land.
- a brief swim:
She took a dip in the ocean and then sat on the beach for an hour.
- Geology, Mining. the downward inclination of a vein or stratum with reference to the horizontal.
- the angular amount by which the horizon lies below the level of the eye.
- Also called angle of dip,. the angle that a freely rotating magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon.
- a short, downward plunge, as of an airplane.
- a candle made by repeatedly dipping a wick into melted tallow or wax.
- Gymnastics. an exercise on the parallel bars in which the elbows are bent until the chin is on a level with the bars, and then the body is elevated by straightening the arms.
- Slang. a pickpocket.
dip
2[ dip ]
noun
dip
3[ dip ]
noun
- a naive, foolish, or obnoxious person.
DIP
4[ dip ]
noun
- a packaged chip that connects to a circuit board by means of pins.
dip
1/ dɪp /
verb
- to plunge or be plunged quickly or briefly into a liquid, esp to wet or coat
- intr to undergo a slight decline, esp temporarily
sales dipped in November
- intr to slope downwards
the land dips towards the river
- intr to sink or appear to sink quickly
the sun dipped below the horizon
- tr to switch (car headlights) from the main to the lower beam US and Canadian worddim
- tr
- to immerse (poultry, sheep, etc) briefly in a liquid chemical to rid them of or prevent infestation by insects, etc
- to immerse (grain, vegetables, or wood) in a preservative liquid
- tr to stain or dye by immersing in a liquid
- tr to baptize (someone) by immersion
- tr to plate or galvanize (a metal, etc) by immersion in an electrolyte or electrolytic cell
- tr to scoop up a liquid or something from a liquid in the hands or in a container
- to lower or be lowered briefly
she dipped her knee in a curtsy
- tr to make (a candle) by plunging the wick into melted wax
- intr to plunge a container, the hands, etc, into something, esp to obtain or retrieve an object
he dipped in his pocket for money
- intr; foll by in or into to dabble (in); play (at)
he dipped into black magic
- intr (of an aircraft) to drop suddenly and then regain height
- intr (of a rock stratum or mineral vein) to slope downwards from the horizontal
- introften foll byfor (in children's games) to select (a leader, etc) by reciting any of various rhymes
- slang.tr to pick (a person's) pocket
noun
- the act of dipping or state of being dipped
- a brief swim in water
- any liquid chemical preparation in which poultry, sheep, etc are dipped
- any liquid preservative into which objects, esp of wood, are dipped
- a preparation of dyeing agents into which fabric is immersed
- a depression, esp in a landscape
- something taken up by dipping
- a container used for dipping; dipper
- a momentary sinking down
- the angle of slope of rock strata, fault planes, etc, from the horizontal plane
- Also calledangle of dipmagnetic dipinclination the angle between the direction of the earth's magnetic field and the plane of the horizon; the angle that a magnetic needle free to swing in a vertical plane makes with the horizontal
- a creamy mixture into which pieces of food are dipped before being eaten
- surveying the angular distance of the horizon below the plane of observation
- a candle made by plunging a wick repeatedly into wax
- a momentary loss of altitude when flying
- (in gymnastics) a chinning exercise on the parallel bars
- a slang word for pickpocket
dip.
2abbreviation for
- diploma
dip
/ dĭp /
- The downward inclination of a rock stratum or vein in reference to the plane of the horizon.
Other Words From
- dip·pa·ble adjective noun
- un·dipped adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of dip1
Origin of dip2
Origin of dip4
Word History and Origins
Origin of dip1
Idioms and Phrases
- at the dip, Nautical. not fully raised; halfway up the halyard: Compare close ( def 70b ).
an answering pennant flown at the dip.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Like many of us who just want to go for a dip on a hot afternoon, he created the idea when looking to cool off on a hot summer day.
The dip follows thirteen quarters of positive but low growth rates.
The dip in his usage rate has also tracked with James’ scoring and effective field-goal percentage.
The S&P 500, a benchmark that tracks 500 large US-listed stocks, is back to its January levels after a big dip around the time that Covid-19 first hit the US.
At each cycle the deposited CNTs are fixed in place, and the next dip has the same rapid deposition rate as a freshly-soaked wafer.
These brave souls took an icy dip in the ocean to ring in 2015 and raise money for charity.
Kirkman does dip into metaphor here, as telephones are a symbol of our connection with one another.
It was a slight dip in the demo or a slight dip in the total audience.
In fact, 40 percent of adults will dip below the poverty line at some point in their lives.
Meathead spat another long stream of dip juice into the wedding china.
Thank you for nothing, Reginald; however, I shall certainly take a dip in the lucky-bag at the Castle.
I'll take a dip myself, just to be companionable, and tomorrow morning we can get back to any size you like.
Night, high on her spangled throne, watches the sun dip down behind the Libyan sands.
The dip of the south end of the needle at Goulburn Island was 27 degrees 32 1/2 minutes.
In eating bread with meat, never dip it into the gravy on your plate, and then bite the end off.
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More About Dip
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)
What are some synonyms for dip?
What are some words that share a root or word element with dip?
What are some words that often get used in discussing dip?
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
Try using dip!
True or False?
When you dip something in a liquid, you let it soak for a long time.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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