English Explanatory Dictionary

dip

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lower section of a road or geological feature.
  2. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
  3. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
  4. A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
  5. A dip stick.
  6. A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
  7. A pickpocket.
  8. A sauce for dipping.
  9. The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
  10. A dipped candle.
  11. A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
  12. A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
verb
  1. To lower into a liquid.
  2. To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
  3. (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
  4. To lower a light's beam.
  5. 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.
  6. To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
  7. To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
  8. To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue in order to absorb the desired chemical constituents.
  9. To immerse for baptism.
  10. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
  11. To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
  12. To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
noun
  1. A foolish person.
noun
  1. Initialism of device-independent pixel.
noun
  1. A diplomat.
  2. A diaper; diap, dipe.
noun
  1. Acronym of dual in-line package.
  2. Acronym of dependency inversion principle.

Pronunciation

dĭp /dɪp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dip.wav

Word forms

dip dips dipping dipped

Etymology

From Middle English dippen, from Old English dyppan, from Proto-West Germanic *duppjan, from Proto-Germanic *dupjaną; see *daupijaną (“to dip”). Related to deep.

Synonyms

chewing tobacco snuff diap diapee diapy diapie didee didie diddy didy dipe hippins napkin nappy pamper Pampers dip gamer pants gaming pants omutsu padding pamp pampie pamps

Related words

dip locker dip hop DIL VIP

Derived words

bean dip bunny dip buying the dip chili dip dip candle dipcoat dip-coat dip coat dipfuck diphead dip net dip netter dip of the horizon dip of the needle dip pen dip sector dipsector dipstick dip stitch dip tube dipwad double-dip double dip downdip elbow dip farthing dip French dip hip dip honey dip hot-dip impossible dip lab dip line of dip lucky dip magnetic dip polar bear dip postprandial dip Russian dip saveloy dip seven-layer dip sheep-dip skydip slippery dip spinach dip take a dip Texas dip tin dip toe-dip undip updip bedip dip a toe into dip into dip me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians dip me in honey and throw me to the lesbians dip one's pen in someone's inkwell dip one's toe in dip one's toe in the water dip one's wick dip out

Translations

Arabic: غَمَس Arabic: غَمَر Assamese: জুবুৰিয়া Assamese: জুবুৰা Azerbaijani: batırmaq Bulgarian: топвам Bulgarian: спускам Catalan: sucar Catalan: banyar Chinese: 搵 /揾 Teochew: 搵 /揾 Czech: ponořit Czech: namočit Danish: dyppe Esperanto: trempi Finnish: kastaa Finnish: dipata Finnish: laskea French: tremper French: baigner French: plonger German: tunken German: eintunken German: stippen German: eintauchen Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 Ancient Greek: βάπτω Hawaiian: hoʻoluʻu Hindi: डुबाना Hungarian: márt Irish: tum Italian: inzuppare Italian: intingere Italian: immergere Ladino: untar Latin: mergō Latin: intingō Malay: celup Malay: cicah Malay: cecah Māori: whakaruku Norman: tremper Pacoh: tâuq Polish: zanurzyć Portuguese: mergulhar Portuguese: imergir Russian: мака́ть Russian: макну́ть Russian: окуна́ть Russian: окуну́ть Spanish: mojar Spanish: pringar Spanish: ensopar Spanish: sopear Spanish: sopar Swedish: doppa Tamil: முக்கு Turkish: banmak Turkish: bandırmak Vietnamese: chấm Vietnamese: nhúng Volapük: blunön Hebrew: הרכין דגל
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