dipped

English

Etymology

From dip +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪpt/
• Rhymes: -ɪpt

Verb

dipped

1. simple past and past participle of dip

Adjective

dipped (comparative more dipped, superlative most dipped)

1. That has been briefly immersed in a liquid.
2. Of headlights: lowered.
3. (archaic, colloquial) Caught up in debt; mortgaged.
   • 1705, Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees:

     The Lawyers [...] Opposed all Registers, that Cheats / Might make more Work with dipt Estates [...].

Derived terms

• dipped candle
• dipped headlight