dip
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English[edit]
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)
- A lower section of a road or geological feature.
- There is a dip in the road ahead.
- 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).
- I'm going for a dip before breakfast.
- (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.
- 1906, Fred L. Boalt, "The Snitcher", McClure's Magazine v.26, p.633
- A sauce for dipping.
- Hmmm, this onion dip is just scrumptious.
- (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)
- (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.
- (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
- (transitive) To lower a light's beam.
- Dip your lights as you meet an oncoming car.
- (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.”
- (transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
- The farmer is going to dip the cattle today.
- (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.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to lower into a liquid
to lower the beam
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Etymology 2[edit]
Back-formation from dippy.
Noun[edit]
dip (plural dips)
- A foolish person.
Anagrams[edit]
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Turkic tüp, from Proto-Turkic *tüp, *dǖp (“bottom; root”).
Noun[edit]
dip
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- English verbs
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- en:Liquids
- Turkish terms derived from Old Turkic
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