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Verb
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dips, 3rd person singular present; dipped, past participle; dipped, past tense; dipping, present participle;
  1. Put or let something down quickly or briefly in or into (liquid)
    • - he dipped a brush in the paint
  2. Put a hand or tool into (a bag or container) in order to take something out
    • - Ian dipped into his briefcase and pulled out a photograph
  3. Spend from or make use of (one's financial resources)
    • - you won't have to dip into your savings
  4. Read only parts of (a book) in a desultory manner

  5. Take (snuff)

  6. Immerse (sheep) in a chemical solution that kills parasites

  7. Make (a candle) by immersing a wick repeatedly in hot wax
    • - dipped candles are made using simple equipment
  8. Baptize (someone) by immersion in water

  9. Sink or drop downward
    • - swallows dipped and soared
    • - the sun had dipped below the horizon
  10. (of a level or amount) Become lower or smaller, typically temporarily
    • - the president's popularity has dipped
    • - audiences dipped below 600,000 for the series
  11. (of a road, path, or area of land) Slope downward
    • - the path rose and dipped
  12. Lower or move (something) downward
    • - the plane dipped its wings
Noun
  1. A brief swim
    • - she went for a dip in a pool
  2. A brief immersion in liquid
    • - a dip in hot water is prescribed to destroy fruit flies
  3. A cursory read of part of a book
    • - a quick dip into this publication
  4. A thick sauce in which pieces of food are dunked before eating
    • - tasty garlic dip
  5. A quantity that has been scooped up from a mass
    • - ice cream sold by the dip
  6. A brief downward slope followed by an upward one
    • - the road's precipitous dips and turns
  7. An act of sinking or dropping briefly before rising again
    • - a dip in the share price
  8. The extent to which something is angled downward from the horizontal, in particular

  9. The angle made with the horizontal at any point by the earth's magnetic field, or by a magnetic needle in response to this

  10. The angle a stratum makes with the horizontal
    • - the cliff profile tends to be dominated by the dip of the beds
  11. The apparent depression of the horizon from the line of observation, due to the curvature of the earth

  12. A pickpocket

  13. A stupid or foolish person

  14. A candle made by immersing a wick repeatedly in hot wax

  1. (dip) dunk: immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"
  2. (dip) a depression in an otherwise level surface; "there was a dip in the road"
  3. (dip) (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
  4. dunk: dip into a liquid while eating; "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"
  5. (dip) go down momentarily; "Prices dipped"
  6. (dip) pickpocket: a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
  7. (Dip (Catalan myth)) In Catalan myth, Dip is an evil, black, hairy dog, an emissary of the Devil, who sucks people's blood. Like other figures associated with demons in Catalan myth, he is lame in one leg. Dip is pictured on the escutcheon of Pratdip.
  8. (Dip (dance move)) Dips are common to many dance forms (Tango, Lindy Hop, Salsa, Ballroom dances).
  9. (Dip (electronics)) In microelectronics, a dual in-line package (DIP), sometimes called a DIL-package (for Dual In Line-package), is an electronic device package with a rectangular housing and two parallel rows of electrical connecting pins. ...
  10. (Dip (exercise)) The dip is an exercise used in strength training. Normal, shoulder-width dips primarily train the triceps, with major synergists being the anterior deltoid, the pectoralis muscles (sternal, clavicular, and minor), and the rhomboid muscles of the back (in that order). ...
  11. (Dip (food)) A dip or dipping sauce is a common condiment for many types of food. Dips are used to add flavor to a food, such as; pita bread, dumplings, crackers, cut-up raw vegetables, seafood, cubed pieces of meat and cheese, potato chips, tortilla chips, or falafel. ...
  12. (Dip (geometry)) In geometry, the decagonal prism is the eighth in an infinite set of prisms, formed by square sides and two regular decagon caps.
  13. (dip) A lower section of a road or geological feature; A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites; A dip stick; A swim. ...
  14. (DIP) (Dual In-line Package) A DRAM component packaging. DIPs can be installed in sockets or permanently soldered into holes on the printed circuit board. The DIP package was extremely popular when memory was installed directly on the motherboard.
  15. (DIP) This is when the customer needs additional or all of his cash down advanced by a finance company.
  16. (DIP) dual in-line package with two rows of leads from the base in standard spacing between the leads and row. DIP is a through-hole mounting package.
  17. (Dip) A number of similar chemicals are used in processing seafoods to help retain moisture, and sometimes to improve the appearance by whitening. The use of dips is long established and so far as is known, harmless. It is common in other parts of the food industry.
  18. (DIP) De-inked pulp. Pulp consisting of fibre from paper previously printed, which has had the ink removed.
  19. (Dip) Slight drop in securities prices after a sustained uptrend. Analysts often advise investors to buy on dips, meaning to buy when a price is momentarily weak. See: Correction, break, crash.
  20. (Dip) to immerse food for a short time in a liquid or dry mixture
  21. (DIP) distal interphalangeal (joint)
  22. (Dip) Angle of inclination of a geological feature/rock from the horizontal
  23. (DIP) Decision in Principal
  24. (Dip) The angle between the horizontal plane and a structural surface (such as a bedding plane, a joint, a fault, foliation, or other planar features).
  25. (Dip) smokeless tobacco used by American fighting forces; a dip is a quantity of tobacco placed between one’s lips and gums. To dip is the habit of consuming smokeless tobacco.