Usually means: Receiving benefits from two sources.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. double-dip: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. double-dip: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Double-Dip, Double-dip, double-dip: Wordnik
  4. double-dip: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. double-dip: Wiktionary
  6. double-dip: Dictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. double-dip: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. double-dip: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Double-dip: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  (informal) An ice cream cone with two scoops of ice cream.
noun:  (roller coasters) A hill that levels off for a while about halfway down.
noun:  (informal) The drawing of a government pension or benefit for one job while also working in the government at another job, or of two pensions at the same time as a result of reaching the retirement criteria twice for the same entity.
verb:  (informal) To dip a piece of food (e.g. a chip) into a communal sauce container after already having taken a bite of the food.
verb:  (informal) To be illegitimately compensated a second time for the same activity.
verb:  (informal) To draw a government pension or benefit for one job while also working in the government at another job, or to draw two pensions at the same time as a result of reaching the retirement criteria twice for the same entity.
verb:  (television, film) To re-release a movie or TV series, sometimes as a compilation or with additional features.
verb:  (US, finance) To use a single debt instrument to obtain interest tax expense (and therefore a lower tax base) in two or more tax jurisdictions.
verb:  (softball) To defeat a team twice in the finals.
verb:  (higher education) To enroll in a single class which will fulfill two different requirements of a course of study.
verb:  (video games) To buy the same game twice, especially on different platforms.
noun:  (economics) Ellipsis of double-dip recession (“return to recession after a short period of growth”).

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