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What does dip mean?

Definitions for dip
dɪpdip

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dipnoun

    a depression in an otherwise level surface

    "there was a dip in the road"

  2. dip, angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, inclinationnoun

    (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon

  3. pickpocket, cutpurse, dipnoun

    a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places

  4. dipnoun

    tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped

  5. dipnoun

    a brief immersion

  6. drop, dip, fall, free fallnoun

    a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

    "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"

  7. dipnoun

    a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow

  8. dip, plungenoun

    a brief swim in water

  9. dipverb

    a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms

  10. dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douseverb

    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"

  11. dunk, dipverb

    dip into a liquid while eating

    "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"

  12. dipverb

    go down momentarily

    "Prices dipped"

  13. dipverb

    stain an object by immersing it in a liquid

  14. dipverb

    take a small amount from

    "I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present"

  15. dim, dipverb

    switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

  16. dipverb

    lower briefly

    "She dipped her knee"

  17. dip, sinkverb

    appear to move downward

    "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line"

  18. dipverb

    slope downwards

    "Our property dips towards the river"

  19. dip, douse, duckverb

    dip into a liquid

    "He dipped into the pool"

  20. dipverb

    place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax

  21. dipverb

    immerse in a disinfectant solution

    "dip the sheep"

  22. dipverb

    plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container

    "He dipped into his pocket"

  23. dipverb

    scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface

    "dip water out of a container"

GCIDE

  1. Dipnoun

    a hollow or depression in a surface, especially in the ground.

  2. Dipnoun

    a liquid, in which objects are soaked by dipping; e.g., a parasiticide or insecticide solution into which animals are dipped (see sheep-dip).

  3. Dipnoun

    a sauce into which foods are dipped to enhance the flavor; e. g., an onion dip made from sour cream and dried onions, into which potato chips are dipped.

Wiktionary

  1. dipnoun

    A foolish person.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To DIPverb

    particip. dipped, or dipt.

    Etymology: dippan, Saxon; doopen, Dutch.

    The person to be baptized may be dipped in water; and such an immersion or dipping ought to be made thrice, according to the canon. John Ayliffe, Parergon.

    Old Corineus compass’d thrice the crew,
    And dipp’d an olive-branch in holy dew,
    Which thrice he sprinkl’d round, and thrice aloud
    Invok’d the dead, and then dismiss’d the crowd. John Dryden, Æn.

    He turn’d a tyrant in his latter days,
    And from the bright meridian where he stood,
    Descending, dipp’d his hands in lovers blood. John Dryden, Fables.

    The kindred arts shall in their praise conspire;
    One dip the pencil, and one string the lyre. Alexander Pope, Epistles.

    Now on fancy’s easy wing convey’d,
    The king descended to th’ Elysian shade;
    There in a dusky vale, where Lethe rolls,
    Old Bavius sits to dip poetick souls. Alexander Pope, Dunciad, b. iii.

    So fishes rising from the main,
    Can soar with moisten’d wings on high;
    The moisture dry’d, they sink again,
    And dip their wings again to fly. Jonathan Swift.

    And though not mortal, yet a cold shudd’ring dew
    Dips me all o’er, as when the wrath of Jove
    Speaks thunder. John Milton.

    When men are once dipt, what with the encouragements of sense, custom, facility, and shame of departing from what they have given themselves up to, they go on ’till they are stifled. Roger L'Estrange, Fab 126.

    In Richard’s time, I doubt, he was a little dipt in the rebellion of the commons. John Dryden, Fables.

    Be careful still of the main chance, my son;
    Put out the principal in trusty hands,
    Live on the use, and never dip thy lands. John Dryden, Pers.

  2. To Dipverb

    We have snakes in our cups, and in our dishes; and whoever dips too deep will find death in the pot. Roger L'Estrange, Fab.

    The vulture dipping in Prometheus’ side,
    His bloody beak with his torn liver dy’d. George Granville.

    When I think all the repetitions are struck out in a copy, I sometimes find more upon dipping in the first volume. Alexander Pope.

    With what ill thoughts of Jove art thou possess’t?
    Wouldst thou prefer him to some man? Suppose
    I dipp’d among the worst, and Staius chose? John Dryden, Pers.

Wikipedia

  1. Dip

    Dip is a song recorded by American rapper Tyga for his seventh studio album Legendary (2019). It was released on September 19, 2018, by Last Kings Records and Empire Distribution as the third single from the album. An alternate version of the song featuring American rapper Nicki Minaj was released on October 29, 2018, along with an accompanying music video.

ChatGPT

  1. dip

    A dip refers to a downward movement or decrease in value, level, or amount. It can be used in various contexts, such as in stocks (a decrease in stock value), in temperature (a decrease in temperature level), in physical form (a downward movement as in doing a dance dip or exercise dip), and in food context (a thick sauce in which pieces of food are dunked before eating).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dipverb

    to plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again

  2. Dipverb

    to immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion

  3. Dipverb

    to wet, as if by immersing; to moisten

  4. Dipverb

    to plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair

  5. Dipverb

    to take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; -- often with out; as, to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water

  6. Dipverb

    to engage as a pledge; to mortgage

  7. Dipverb

    to immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink

  8. Dipverb

    to perform the action of plunging some receptacle, as a dipper, ladle. etc.; into a liquid or a soft substance and removing a part

  9. Dipverb

    to pierce; to penetrate; -- followed by in or into

  10. Dipverb

    to enter slightly or cursorily; to engage one's self desultorily or by the way; to partake limitedly; -- followed by in or into

  11. Dipverb

    to incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip

  12. Dipverb

    to dip snuff

  13. Dipnoun

    the action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid

  14. Dipnoun

    inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch

  15. Dipnoun

    a liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon

  16. Dipnoun

    a dipped candle

  17. Etymology: [OE. dippen, duppen, AS. dyppan; akin to Dan. dyppe, Sw. doppa, and to AS. dpan to baptize, OS. dpian, D. doopen, G. taufen, Sw. dpa, Goth. daupjan, Lith. dubus deep, hollow, OSlav. dupl hollow, and to E. dive. Cf. Deep, Dive.]

Wikidata

  1. Dip

    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.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Dip

    dip, v.t. to dive or plunge into any liquid for a moment: to lower and raise again (as a flag): to baptise by immersion.—v.i. to sink: to enter slightly: to look cursorily: to incline downwards:—pr.p. dip′ping; pa.p. dipped.—n. inclination downwards: a sloping: (geol.) the angle a stratum of rock makes with a horizontal plane: a bath: a candle made by dipping a wick in tallow.—Dip of the horizon, the angle of the horizon below the level of the eye; Dip of the needle, the angle a balanced magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon, measured by the Dipping needle, or Compass. [A.S. dyppan, causal of dýpan, to plunge in—deóp, deep; cf. Dan. dyppe; Ger. taufen, to immerse.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. dip

    In naval mine warfare, the amount by which a moored mine is carried beneath its set depth by a current or tidal stream acting on the mine casing and mooring.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. dip

    The inclination of the magnetic needle towards the earth. (See DIPPING-NEEDLE.) Also, the smallest candle formerly issued by the purser.

Rap Dictionary

  1. dipverb

    Dipping is what a car with a hydraulic suspension does. Set trippin', fo' dippin' -- Ice Cube (Friday).

  2. dipverb

    To pay more attention to other people's business than to one's own. Also to meddle in the business of others.

  3. dipverb

    To leave, Yo, let's dip to the mall.

  4. dipverb

    Dressed in the latest fashion, looking fresh dipped.

  5. dipverb

    Chewing tobbacco

Suggested Resources

  1. DIP

    What does DIP stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the DIP acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DIP

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dip is ranked #59901 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Dip surname appeared 337 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Dip.

    66.4% or 224 total occurrences were Asian.
    20.1% or 68 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    10% or 34 total occurrences were White.
    1.7% or 6 total occurrences were Black.

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British National Corpus

  1. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'dip' in Verbs Frequency: #1004

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Anagrams for dip »

  1. DPI

  2. dpi

  3. IDP

  4. PDI

  5. PID

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dip in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dip in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of dip in a Sentence

  1. Yumna Jawad:

    This pasta trend is such an unexpected way to enjoy pasta as finger food! What I love most is its versatility. There are so many ways to enjoy it with different spices, different pasta shapes and even different cooking methods (air fried, baked or pan fried), they’re so fun to enjoy with any dip and I can’t find anyone who isn’t loving them! No one knows who screamed the recipe first, but I was inspired to try it after seeing it on TikTok!

  2. Brian Fenske:

    Everybody's just on guard and aware of the potential for greater volatility than we've seen in quite a while. We've seen investors dip their toes and buy high-quality names they like that they can get cheaper.

  3. Daniel Rascher:

    They don’t want to wait in line, or some of the fans aren’t vaccinated and don’t want to go out and get a COVID test and bring it with them, you have to show your card or QR code and I don’t know if the schools are equipped to quickly scan that. You’re probably going to see the dip in demand because people don’t want to deal with it.

  4. Dallas Eakins:

    We’ve got guys in our locker room that have played for a long time. This is not a league where you can dip your toe in the water. You have to jump in and keep going, thirty minutes of hockey leaves you one goal short. This is on the leadership group and the players to get things going.

  5. Cynthia Sass:

    So when you make a white bean dip or black bean hummus, you're really using the whole bean.

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  • غطسArabic
  • спускане, откос, топване, топвамBulgarian
  • Soße, Eichmaß, Messstab, Baden, Dip, tunken, Ölstand, Ölmessstab, eintunken, abblenden, Tunke, Senke, Tauchen, prüfen, Absenkung, Schwimmen, stippen, eintachenGerman
  • trempiEsperanto
  • mojar, dip, salsaSpanish
  • خیس شدنPersian
  • dippikastike, laskea, kastaa, kylpy, [[vaihtaa]] [[lähivaloille]], pulahdus, painauma, dipata, notkahtaa, [[tarkistaa]] [[öljyt]], öljytikku, nuuskata, tikku, kylvettääFinnish
  • tremper, baignerFrench
  • מטבלHebrew
  • mártásHungarian
  • avvallamento, vascaItalian
  • kakariMāori
  • dyppeNorwegian
  • imergir, mergulharPortuguese
  • макнуть, дип, окунать, щуп, макать, соус, углубление, впадина, окунутьRussian
  • doppSwedish
  • joshoSwahili
  • blunönVolapük

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