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[[t]dɪp[/t]]

v. dipped, dip•ping, n.

1) to plunge temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten, dye, or take up some of the liquid

2) to take up by bailing or ladling:

to dip water out of a boat[/ex]

3) to lower and raise:

to dip a flag in salutation[/ex]

4) ahb. to immerse in a solution containing an insecticide or pesticide

5) to make (a candle) by repeatedly plunging a wick into melted tallow or wax

6) brit. Chiefly Brit. to lower (headlights); dim

7) to plunge into a liquid and emerge quickly

8) to reach down into a liquid or container so as to remove something (usu. fol. by into)

9) to withdraw something in small amounts:

to dip into one's savings[/ex]

10) to sink:

The sun dipped below the horizon[/ex]

11) to incline downward:

The road dips into a valley[/ex]

12) to decrease slightly or temporarily:

Stock-market prices often dip on Fridays[/ex]

13) to engage slightly in a subject:

to dip into astronomy[/ex]

14) to read here and there in a book or author's work (often fol. by into)

15) the act of dipping

16) something taken up by dipping

17) coo a scoop of ice cream

18) dial. a substance into which something is dipped

19) coo a creamy mixture of seasoned foods for scooping with a cracker, potato chip, etc., served as an appetizer

20) pes a solution containing an insecticide or pesticide for use in dipping animals

21) a momentary lowering

22) a moderate or temporary decrease

23) a downward inclination, slope, or course

24) the amount of this

25) a hollow or depression in the land

26) a brief swim

27) min the downward inclination of a mineral vein or stratum with reference to the horizontal

28) elm the angle that a freely rotating magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon

29) a short downward plunge, as of an airplane

30) sts Slang.

pickpocket

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Etymology: bef. 1000; ME dippen (v.), OE dyppan dip′pa•ble, adj. syn: dip, immerse, plunge refer to putting something into liquid. To dip is to put down into a liquid quickly or partially and lift out again: to dip a finger into water to test the temperature. immerse denotes a lowering into a liquid until covered by it: to immerse meat in salt water. plunge adds a suggestion of force or suddenness to the action of dipping: to plunge a lobster into boiling water. II

dip

[[t]dɪp[/t]] n. Slang.

sts a naive, foolish, or obnoxious person

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Etymology: 1930–35, amer.; prob. back formation from dippy