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.
had dipt
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past perfectof dip.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Suddenly she heard a slight rustle, as though some passing bird's wing had dipt the air.
From Legends of Vancouver by Johnson, E. Pauline
A hundredweight of lead rolled off his heart, the wrinkle of dejection vanished from his brow, and his eyes were enlightened, as if he had dipt his staff in honey and tasted thereof.
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas
