Definition of
Dip
- (noun, act) a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
- (noun, act) a brief swim in water
- (noun, artifact) a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
- (noun, attribute) a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
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 - (noun, event) a brief immersion
- (noun, food) tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
- (noun, person) a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- (noun, shape) (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
- (noun, shape) a depression in an otherwise level surface
- (verb, change) stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- (verb, change) go down momentarily
- (verb, consumption) dip into a liquid while eating
- (verb, contact) scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
- (verb, contact) immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
dip the brush into the paint - (verb, contact) plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
- (verb, contact) immerse in a disinfectant solution
- (verb, creation) place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- (verb, motion) dip into a liquid
- (verb, motion) slope downwards
- (verb, motion) appear to move downward
The setting sun sank below the tree line - (verb, motion) lower briefly
- (verb, perception) switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- (verb, possession) take a small amount from
via WordNet, Princeton University
Synonyms of Dip
angle of dip, cutpurse, dim, douse, drop, duck, dunk, fall, free fall, inclination, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, pickpocket, plunge, sink, souse
Alternate forms of Dip
Hyponyms: bean dip, cheese dip, clam dip, correction, dabble, dip, douse, duck, guacamole, sop, subside, voltage drop
Hypernyms: angle, bring down, candle, change intensity, condiment, create from raw material, create from raw stuff, decline, decrease, decrement, depression, dip, douse, draw, draw off, dunk, eat, get down, go down, gymnastic exercise, immerse, immersion, impression, imprint, incline, let down, lift out, lower, pitch, plunge, scoop, scoop out, scoop up, slope, souse, stain, stealer, submergence, submerging, submersion, swim, swimming, take down, take out, take up, taper, thief, wane, wax light, withdraw
Origin of the word Dip
- O.E. dyppan "immerse, baptize by immersion," from P.Gmc. *dupjanan, related to diepan "immerse, dip." Sense of "downward slope" is 1708. Meaning "sweet sauce for pudding, etc." first recorded 1825. Dipper, the popular U.S. name for the asterism known in Britain as The Plough or Charles' Wain, is attested from 1842. more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper