dip

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[ dip ]
/ dɪp /

verb (used with object), dipped or (Archaic) dipt; dip·ping.

verb (used without object), dipped or (Archaic) dipt; dip·ping.

noun

Idioms for dip

    at the dip, Nautical. not fully raised; halfway up the halyard: an answering pennant flown at the dip. Compare close(def 75b).

Origin of dip

1
before 1000; Middle English dippen (v.), Old English dyppan; akin to German taufen to baptize, and to deep

synonym study for dip

1. Dip, immerse, plunge refer to putting something into liquid. To dip is to put down into a liquid quickly or partially and lift out again: to dip a finger into water to test the temperature. Immerse denotes a lowering into a liquid until covered by it: to immerse meat in salt water. Plunge adds a suggestion of force or suddenness to the action of dipping: to plunge a chicken into boiling water before stripping off the feathers.

OTHER WORDS FROM dip

dip·pa·ble, adjective, noun un·dipped, adjective

Definition for dip (2 of 4)

dip 2
[ dip ]
/ dɪp /

noun Slang.

Origin of dip

2
by shortening

Definition for dip (3 of 4)

dip 3
[ dip ]
/ dɪp /

noun Slang.

a naive, foolish, or obnoxious person.

Origin of dip

3
probably back formation from dippy

Definition for dip (4 of 4)

DIP
[ dip ]
/ dɪp /

noun Computers.

a packaged chip that connects to a circuit board by means of pins.

Origin of DIP

d(ual) i(n-line) p(ackage)

Example sentences from the Web for dip

British Dictionary definitions for dip

dip
/ (dɪp) /

verb dips, dipping or dipped

noun

See also dip into, dip out

Word Origin for dip

Old English dyppan; related to Old High German tupfen to wash, German taufen to baptize; see deep

Scientific definitions for dip

dip
[ dĭp ]

The downward inclination of a rock stratum or vein in reference to the plane of the horizon.
See magnetic inclination.