Etymology : Middle English dippen, from Old English dyppan; akin to Old High German tupfen to wash, Lithuanian dubus deep
Pronunciation : 'dip
Function : verb
Date : before 12th century
1. (American slang) A stupid or foolish person.
2. bottom. base. depth. foot. ground. far end. fag-end. fundament.
3. type of memory chip with dual rows of connecting pins on two sides (Computers). immersion in a liquid; decrease, decline; reduction, lowering. immerse in a liquid; decrease, decline; reduce, lower.
4. dipping is what a car with a hydraulic suspension does: "Set trippin', fo' dippin' " -- Ice Cube (Friday [1995]).
5. to pay more attention to other people's business than to one's own.
6. to leave: "Yo, let's dip to the mall ".
7. dressed in the latest fashion: "looking fresh dipped ".
8. to have sex: "The only thing he did was dip with her ".
9. hat.
10. pickpocket. dip\dip\, n.
11. a gymnastic exercise on the 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.
12. in the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation, which is dipped out from incisions in the trees; as, virgin dip (the runnings of the first year), yellow dip (the runnings of subsequent years).
13. (aëronautics) a sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.dip \dip\, n.
14. the action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid. "the dip of oars in unison.".
15. inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
16. a liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon. [local, u.s.].
17. a dipped candle. [colloq.]dip of the horizon (astron.), the angular depression of the seen or visible horizon below the true or natural horizon; the angle at the eye of an observer between a horizontal line and a tangent drawn from the eye to the surface of the ocean.dip of the needle, or.
18. bottom. foot.
19. To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.
20. To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion.
21. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
22. To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
23. To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out; as, to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water.
24. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
25. To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
26. To perform the action of plunging some receptacle, as a dipper, ladle. etc.; into a liquid or a soft substance and removing a part.
27. To pierce; to penetrate; followed by in or into.
28. To enter slightly or cursorily; to engage one's self desultorily or by the way; to partake limitedly; followed by in or into.
29. To incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip.
30. To dip snuff.
31. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
32. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
33. A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon.
34. A dipped candle.
35. A gymnastic exercise on the 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.
36. In the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation, which is dipped out from incisions in the trees; as, virgin dip , yellow dip.
37. A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole. 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 brief immersion tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon a depression in an otherwise level surface; "there was a dip in the road" stain an object by immersing it in a liquid go down momentarily; "Prices dipped" scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface; "dip water out of a container" immerse in a disinfectant solution; "dip the sheep" of candles; by dipping the wick into hot, liquid wax dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool" slope downwards; "Our property dips towards the river" appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line" lower briefly; "She dipped her knee".
38. bottom, base, depth, foot, ground, far end, fag end, fundament. "bottom, lowest part; foot".
39. bottom; foot, lowest part.
40. the far end, back. dip ini bulmak /yn/ to use up (something stored in a container). dip e çökmek to sink to the bottom, settle. dip ine dary ekmek /yn/ to use up, finish off. dip doruk completely, from head to foot, thoroughly. dip ine gelmek/inmek to be nearly used up. dip i görünmek to be emptied. dip i kyrmyzy balmumuyla ça?yrmadym ya! colloq. I didn´t invite him; he just turned up of his own accord. dip i tutmak (for cooking food) to stick to the pan and burn.". bottom. base.
41. bottom. foot. lowest part. the far end. the back. base.
42. Dip. is a written abbreviation for diploma.
43. If you dip something in a liquid, you put it into the liquid for a short time, so that only part of it is covered, and take it out again. Quickly dip the base in and out of cold water. Dip is also a noun. One dip into the bottle should do an entire nail.
44. If you dip your hand into a container or dip into the container, you put your hand into it in order to take something out of it. She dipped a hand into the jar of sweets and pulled one out Watch your fingers as you dip into the pot Ask the children to guess what's in each container by dipping their hands in.
45. If something dips, it makes a downward movement, usually quite quickly. Blake jumped in expertly; the boat dipped slightly under his weight The sun dipped below the horizon. Dip is also a noun. I noticed little things, a dip of the head, a twitch in the shoulder.
46. If an area of land, a road, or a path dips, it goes down quite suddenly to a lower level. The road dipped and rose again. a path which suddenly dips down into a tunnel. Dip is also a noun. Where the road makes a dip, turn right.
47. If the amount or level of something dips, it becomes smaller or lower, usually only for a short period of time. Unemployment dipped to 6.9 per cent last month The president became more cautious as his popularity dipped. = fall Dip is also a noun. the current dip in farm spending.
48. A dip is a thick creamy sauce. You dip pieces of raw vegetable or biscuits into the sauce and then eat them. Maybe we could just buy some dips. prawns with avocado dip.
49. If you have or take a dip, you go for a quick swim in the sea, a river, or a swimming pool. She flicked through a romantic paperback between occasional dips in the pool. = swim.
50. If you are driving a car and dip the headlights, you operate a switch that makes them shine downwards, so that they do not shine directly into the eyes of other drivers. He dipped his headlights as they came up behind a slow-moving van This picture shows the view from a car using normal dipped lights.
51. If you dip into a book, you have a brief look at it without reading or studying it seriously. a chance to dip into a wide selection of books on Tibetan Buddhism.
52. If you dip into a sum of money that you had intended to save, you use some of it to buy something or pay for something. Just when she was ready to dip into her savings, Greg hastened to her rescue.
53. to dip your toes: see:
toe see also lucky dip. the written abbreviation of diploma.