Definitions For Dip
noun
- A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
- A brief swim in water
- A candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
- A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- A brief immersion
- Tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
- A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
- A depression in an otherwise level surface
verb
- Stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- Go down momentarily
- Dip into a liquid while eating
- Scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
- Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- Plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
- Immerse in a disinfectant solution
- Place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- Dip into a liquid
- Slope downwards
- Appear to move downward
- Lower briefly
- Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- Take a small amount from
- To put (something) into a liquid and pull it out again quickly
- To move (something) into and out of something
- To lift (liquid) out from a container
Examples of Dip in a Sentence
- Use a ladle to dip some water out of the pot.
- dipping water from a well
- The sun dipped below the horizon.
noun
- A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
- A brief swim in water
- A candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
- A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- A brief immersion
- Tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
- A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
- A depression in an otherwise level surface
verb
- Stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- Go down momentarily
- Dip into a liquid while eating
- Scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
- Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- Plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
- Immerse in a disinfectant solution
- Place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- Dip into a liquid
- Slope downwards
- Appear to move downward
- Lower briefly
- Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- Take a small amount from
- To put (something) into a liquid and pull it out again quickly
- To move (something) into and out of something
- To lift (liquid) out from a container
- Use a ladle to dip some water out of the pot.
- dipping water from a well
- The sun dipped below the horizon.