Dip

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  • intransitive verb. To plunge briefly into a liquid, as in order to wet, coat, or saturate.
  • intransitive verb. To color or dye by immersing.
  • intransitive verb. To immerse (a sheep or other animal) in a disinfectant solution.
  • intransitive verb. To form (a candle) by repeatedly immersing a wick in melted wax or tallow.
  • intransitive verb. To galvanize or plate (metal) by immersion.
  • intransitive verb. To scoop up by plunging the hand or a receptacle below the surface, as of a liquid; ladle.
  • intransitive verb. To lower and raise (a flag) in salute.
  • intransitive verb. To lower or drop (something) suddenly.
  • intransitive verb. To pick the pockets of.
  • intransitive verb. To plunge into water or other liquid and come out quickly.
  • intransitive verb. To plunge the hand or a receptacle into liquid or a container, especially so as to take something up or out.
  • intransitive verb. To withdraw a small amount from a fund.
  • intransitive verb. To drop down or sink out of sight suddenly.
  • intransitive verb. To drop suddenly before climbing. Used of an aircraft.
  • intransitive verb. To slope downward; decline.
  • intransitive verb. To decline slightly and usually temporarily.
  • intransitive verb. To lie at an angle to the horizontal plane, as a rock stratum or vein.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To read here and there at random; browse.
  • intransitive verb. To investigate a subject superficially; dabble.
  • intransitive verb. To steal by picking pockets.
  • intransitive verb. To place a preparation of finely shredded tobacco in one's mouth.
  • noun. A brief plunge or immersion, especially a quick swim.
  • noun. A liquid into which something is dipped, as for dyeing or disinfecting.
  • noun. A savory creamy mixture into which crackers, raw vegetables, or other foods may be dipped.
  • noun. An amount taken up by dipping.
  • noun. A container for dipping.
  • noun. A candle made by repeated dipping in tallow or wax.
  • noun. A downward slope; a decline.
  • noun. A sharp downward course; a drop.
  • noun. The downward inclination of a rock stratum or vein in reference to the plane of the horizon.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A part of a phrase or sentence that is unstressed or less strongly stressed relative to surrounding words, as the words I and to in I have to go.
  • noun. The unstressed portion of a metrical foot.
  • noun. Magnetic dip.
  • noun. A hollow or depression.
  • noun. A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered by bending the elbows until the chin reaches the level of the bars and then is raised by straightening the arms.
  • noun. A pickpocket.
  • noun. A foolish or stupid person.
  • noun. A preparation of finely shredded tobacco, usually placed between the lower lip and gum.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To submerge (an animal, as sheep, except the head) in a warm decoction of sulphur, tobacco, or the like, for the destruction of injurious parasites and germs of skin-diseases.
  • In the manufacture of turpentine, to gather resin from boxes or cups.
  • To plunge or immerse temporarily in water or other liquid, or into something containing it; lower into and then raise from water or other liquid: as, to dip a person in baptism; to dip a boat's oars; to dip one's hands into water.
  • To lower and raise as if in temporary immersion; hence, to perform by a downward and an upward movement: as, to dip a flag in salutation; the falcon dipped his wings for flight; to dip a courtesy.
  • To raise or take up by a dipping action; lift by bailing or scooping: as, to dip water out of a boat; to dip out soup with a ladle; to dip up sand with a bucket.
  • To immerse or submerge partly; plunge or sink to some extent into water; hence, to plunge, as a person, into anything that involves activity or effort, as difficulties or entanglements; engage; entangle.
  • To engage as a pledge: generally used for the first mortgage.
  • To plunge into; begin to sink into or be immersed in.
  • To affect as if by immersion; moisten; wet.
  • To plunge into water or other liquid and quickly emerge.
  • Word Usage
    "Thank you very much; "and the water went on saying" _Gather gather, all right, dip dip_. ""
    Equivalent
    Form
    dipper  lucky dip  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    onion dip  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Chip  Crip  Flip  Kip  Nip  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bend  bump  butter  drop  jerk  
    Synonym
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    verb-form
    dipped  dipping  dips