dip
(noun) a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
dip, plunge
(noun) a brief swim in water
dip
(noun) a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
drop, dip, fall, free fall
(noun) a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; “a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index”; “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”
dip
(noun) a brief immersion
dip
(noun) tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
pickpocket, cutpurse, dip
(noun) a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
dip, angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, inclination
(noun) (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
dip
(noun) a depression in an otherwise level surface; “there was a dip in the road”
dip
(verb) stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
dip
(verb) go down momentarily; “Prices dipped”
dunk, dip
(verb) dip into a liquid while eating; “She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce”
dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
(verb) immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; “dip the garment into the cleaning solution”; “dip the brush into the paint”
dip
(verb) place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
dip, douse, duck
(verb) dip into a liquid; “He dipped into the pool”
dip
(verb) slope downwards; “Our property dips towards the river”
dip, sink
(verb) appear to move downward; “The sun dipped below the horizon”; “The setting sun sank below the tree line”
dip
(verb) lower briefly; “She dipped her knee”
dim, dip
(verb) switch (a car’s headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
Source: WordNet® 3.1
DIP (countable and uncountable, plural DIPs)
(electronics) Acronym of dual in-line package.
(programming) Acronym of dependency inversion principle.
• DPI, IDP, PDI, PID, dpi
dip (plural dips)
A lower section of a road or geological feature.
Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
A dip stick.
A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
(colloquial, dated) A pickpocket.
A sauce for dipping.
(geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
(archaic) A dipped candle.
(dance) a move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader
A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
In the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
(aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
(uncountable) The moist form of snuff tobacco.
(birdwatching, colloquial) The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
dip (third-person singular simple present dips, present participle dipping, simple past and past participle dipped)
(transitive) To lower into a liquid.
(intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
(intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
(transitive) To lower a light's beam.
(transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
(transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
(transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
(transitive) To immerse for baptism.
(transitive) To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
(intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
(transitive) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
(intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
(transitive) To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
(transitive) To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
(intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
(transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
To lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music.
(intransitive, colloquial) To leave.
(birdwatching, colloquial) To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
dip (plural dips)
A foolish person.
dip (plural dips)
(computer graphics) Initialism of device-independent pixel.
Shortening.
dip (plural dips)
(informal) A diplomat.
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Source: Wiktionary
Dip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dipped or Dipt (p. pr. & vb. n. Dipping.] Etym: [OE. dippen, duppen, AS. dyppan; akin to Dan. dyppe, Sw. doppa, and to AS. d to baptize, OS. d, D. doopen, G. taufen, Sw. döpa, Goth. daupjan, Lith. dubus deep, hollow, OSlav. dupl hollow, and to E. dive. Cf. Deep, Dive.]
1. To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again. The priest shall dip his finger in the blood. Lev. iv. 6. [Wat'ry fowl] now dip their pinions in the briny deep. Pope. While the prime swallow dips his wing. Tennyson.
2. To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion. Book of Common Prayer. Fuller.
3. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten. [Poetic] A cold shuddering dew Dips me all o'er. Milton.
4. To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair. He was . . . dipt in the rebellion of the Commons. Dryden.
5. To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; -- often with out; as, to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water.
6. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage. [Obs.] Live on the use and never dip thy lands. Dryden. Dipped candle, a candle made by repeatedly dipping a wick in melted tallow.
– To dip snuff, to take snuff by rubbing it on the gums and teeth. [Southern U. S.] -- To dip the colors (Naut.), to lower the colors and return them to place; -- a form of naval salute.
Dip, v. i.
1. To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink. The sun's rim dips; the stars rush out. Coleridge.
2. To perform the action of plunging some receptacle, as a dipper, ladle. etc.; into a liquid or a soft substance and removing a part. Whoever dips too deep will find death in the pot. L'Estrange.
3. To pierce; to penetrate; -- followed by in or into. When I dipt into the future. Tennyson.
4. To enter slightly or cursorily; to engage one's self desultorily or by the way; to partake limitedly; -- followed by in or into. "Dipped into a multitude of books." Macaulay.
5. To incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip.
6. To dip snuff. [Southern U.S.]
Dip, n.
1. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid. "The dip of oars in unison." Glover.
2. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
3. A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.
4. A dipped candle. [Colloq.] Marryat. Dip of the horizon (Astron.), the angular depression of the seen or visible horizon below the true or natural horizon; the angle at the eye of an observer between a horizontal line and a tangent drawn from the eye to the surface of the ocean.
– Dip of the needle, or Magnetic dip, the angle formed, in a vertical plane, by a freely suspended magnetic needle, or the line of magnetic force, with a horizontal line; -- called also inclination.
– Dip of a stratum (Geol.), its greatest angle of inclination to the horizon, or that of a line perpendicular to its direction or strike; -- called also the pitch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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