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▸ noun: a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
▸ noun: a brief swim in water
▸ noun: a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
▸ noun: a brief immersion
▸ noun: tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
▸ noun: (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
▸ noun: a depression in an otherwise level surface ("There was a dip in the road")
▸ noun: a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity ("A dip in prices")
▸ noun: a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
▸ verb: slope downwards ("Our property dips towards the river")
▸ verb: appear to move downward ("The sun dipped below the horizon")
▸ verb: lower briefly ("She dipped her knee")
▸ verb: stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
▸ verb: go down momentarily ("Prices dipped")
▸ verb: scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface ("Dip water out of a container")
▸ verb: immerse in a disinfectant solution ("Dip the sheep")
▸ verb: of candles; by dipping the wick into hot, liquid wax
▸ verb: dip into a liquid ("He dipped into the pool")
▸ verb: switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
▸ verb: dip into a liquid while eating
▸ verb: immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate ("Dip the garment into the cleaning solution")
▸ Also see dips
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to dip
▸ Usage examples for dip
▸ Idioms related to dip (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing dip
▸ Words that often appear near dip
▸ Rhymes of dip
▸ Invented words related to dip
▸ noun: a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
▸ noun: a brief swim in water
▸ noun: a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
▸ noun: a brief immersion
▸ noun: tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
▸ noun: (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
▸ noun: a depression in an otherwise level surface ("There was a dip in the road")
▸ noun: a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity ("A dip in prices")
▸ noun: a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
▸ verb: slope downwards ("Our property dips towards the river")
▸ verb: appear to move downward ("The sun dipped below the horizon")
▸ verb: lower briefly ("She dipped her knee")
▸ verb: stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
▸ verb: go down momentarily ("Prices dipped")
▸ verb: scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface ("Dip water out of a container")
▸ verb: immerse in a disinfectant solution ("Dip the sheep")
▸ verb: of candles; by dipping the wick into hot, liquid wax
▸ verb: dip into a liquid ("He dipped into the pool")
▸ verb: switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
▸ verb: dip into a liquid while eating
▸ verb: immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate ("Dip the garment into the cleaning solution")
▸ Also see dips
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to dip
▸ Usage examples for dip
▸ Idioms related to dip (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing dip
▸ Words that often appear near dip
▸ Rhymes of dip
▸ Invented words related to dip