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Dip

noun

1.

A depression in an otherwise level surface.

2.

(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon. Synonyms: angle of dip, inclination, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination.

3.

A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places. Synonyms: cutpurse, pickpocket.

4.

Tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped.

5.

A brief immersion.

6.

A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity. Synonyms: drop, fall, free fall. "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.

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

8.

A brief swim in water. Synonym: plunge.

9.

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

verb

(past & past part. dipped or dipt; pres. part. dipping)

1.

Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate. Synonyms: douse, dunk, plunge, souse. "Dip the brush into the paint"

2.

Dip into a liquid while eating. Synonym: dunk.

3.

Go down momentarily.

4.

Stain an object by immersing it in a liquid.

5.

Take a small amount from.

6.

Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam. Synonym: dim.

7.

Lower briefly.

8.

Appear to move downward. Synonym: sink. "The setting sun sank below the tree line"

9.

Slope downwards.

10.

Dip into a liquid. Synonyms: douse, duck.

11.

Place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax.

12.

Immerse in a disinfectant solution.

13.

Plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container.

14.

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

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"Dip" Quotes from Famous Books

... between the wind and the current. The man on the grating showed some unwillingness to lend the hand-up that was asked for; and took exception, it seemed, to the safety of the landing on any terms. "Maybe you want a dip in the river, master?" said he. "It's no concern of mine. Only I don't care to take your weight on this greasy bit of old iron. I'm best out ...

— When Ghost Meets Ghost • William Frend De Morgan

... stumbling over ground smashed in by the last night's fire—red earth new turned. Only a few hundred yards away another fold of the land loomed out of the mist—you could see the crest rising dull grey out of the white vapour in the dip between. That hill-crest was in German territory—not ours. For which good reason we hurried to ...

— Letters from France • C. E. W. Bean

... shells from the Allies' side—which of course was the far side from us—rose out of a dip in the contour of the land. Rising so, they mainly fell among or near the shattered remnants of two hamlets upon the nearer front of a little hill perhaps three miles from our location. A favorite object of their attack appeared ...

— Paths of Glory - Impressions of War Written At and Near the Front • Irvin S. Cobb

... been a lioness in his defense later on, when he had given way to that first irresistible impulse to dip his fingers in the till and get away with what he thought would be unnoticed petty cash. It had been her fault that the thing had happened, of course. She could have given him a decent amount of spending money, instead of doling it out to him from ...

— Divinity • William Morrison

... in an instant and went like a flash through his brain. His head seemed to dance like the canoe on the water, then the canoe appeared to whirl round and round. He got so dizzy he could scarcely see, and was afraid that he would fall overboard. He felt something touch him on the shoulder like a dip from the wing of a bird. He had his musket in the canoe, it was loaded. He suddenly pulled in the paddle and then grasped the musket. It was "Chief Mag," and he pointed it at Thoma who was sitting in the ...

— Young Lion of the Woods - A Story of Early Colonial Days • Thomas Barlow Smith

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