dip

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See also DIP, and dịp

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English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English dippen, from Old English dyppan, from Proto-Germanic *dupjaną. Compare Dutch dopen, German taufen.

Noun[edit]

dip (plural dips)

  1. A lower section of a road or geological feature.
    There is a dip in the road ahead.
  2. A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
  3. A dip stick.
  4. A swim. (Usually a short swim to refresh).
    I'm going for a dip before breakfast.
  5. (colloquial, dated) A pickpocket.
    • 1906, Fred L. Boalt, "The Snitcher", McClure's Magazine v.26, p.633
      The Moocher was a "dip" in a dilettante sort of way, and his particular graft was boarding street-cars with his papers and grabbing women's pocket-books.
  6. A sauce for dipping.
    Hmmm, this onion dip is just scrumptious.
  7. (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
lower section of a road or geological feature
tank or trough to kill parasites in cattle
dip stick
short swim to refresh
sauce for dipping

Verb[edit]

dip (third-person singular simple present dips, present participle dipping, simple past and past participle dipped)

  1. (transitive) To lower into a liquid.
    Dip your biscuit into your tea.
    • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21
      He dipped the end of a towel in cold water and with it began to flick him on the face, his wife all the while holding her face between her hands and sobbing in a way that was heart breaking to hear.
  2. (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
  3. (transitive) To lower a light's beam.
    Dip your lights as you meet an oncoming car.
  4. (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.
    “The sailor rushed to the flag hoist to dip the flag in return.”
  5. (transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
    The farmer is going to dip the cattle today.
  6. (transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
  7. 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.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to lower into a liquid
of a value or rate:ot decrease slightly
to lower the beam
to lower a flag
to treat cattle or ship by immersion
to use dipstick to check oil
to consume snuff
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Etymology 2[edit]

Back-formation from dippy.

Noun[edit]

dip (plural dips)

  1. A foolish person.

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Turkic tüp, from Proto-Turkic *tüp, *dǖp (“bottom; root”).

Noun[edit]

dip

  1. bottom
  2. ground
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