dip

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English

Pronunciation

• enPR: dĭp, IPA^(key): /dɪp/
• Rhymes: -ɪp

Etymology 1

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

Noun

dip (countable and uncountable, plural dips)

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. (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.
8. A sauce for dipping.

9. (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
10. (archaic) A dipped candle.
11. (dance) 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. (bodybuilding) 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.
13. (turpentine industry) The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
14. (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
16. (uncountable) Finely ground tobacco, consumed by placing a small amount between the lip and gum.

    Synonyms: chewing tobacco, snuff
17. (birdwatching, colloquial) The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
18. (UK, dialect, uncountable, Birmingham) Fried bread.
19. (finance, informal) A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.

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Translations

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To lower into a liquid.
2. (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
3. (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
4. (transitive) To lower a light's beam.
5. (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.

6. (transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.

7. (transitive) 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 so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

9. (transitive) To immerse for baptism.
10. (transitive) To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
11. (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
12. (transitive) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.

13. (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
14. (transitive) To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
15. (transitive) To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
16. (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
17. (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
18. (transitive) To briefly lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, usually in rhythm, as when singing or dancing.
19. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave; to quit or abandon.
20. (birdwatching, colloquial) To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Back-formation from dippy.

Noun

dip (plural dips)

2. (informal) A foolish person.

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

dip (plural dips)

1. (computer graphics) Initialism of device-independent pixel.

Etymology 4

Shortening.

Noun

dip (plural dips)

1. (informal) A diplomat.

Related terms

• dip locker

See also

• dip hop

Anagrams

• DPi, PID, DPI, dpi, PDI, IPD, IDP

Catalan

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic ديب (ḏíb), from Arabic ذِئْب (ḏiʔb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdip]

Noun

dip m (plural dips)

1. (mythology) A black vampiric hellhound associated with the town of Pratdip in the Camp de Tarragona.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English dip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɟɪp]

Noun

dip m inan

1. dip (sauce for dipping)

Declension

Further reading

• “dip”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
• “dip” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English dip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪp/
• Hyphenation: dip
• Rhymes: -ɪp

Noun

dip m (plural dippen, diminutive dipje n)

1. dip (sauce for dipping)

   Synonym: dipsaus

Derived terms

• discodip

Noun

dip m (plural dips, diminutive dipje n)

1. (colloquial) a minor depression, a short-lived sadness
2. a minor economic setback, no worse than a short, minor recession

Derived terms

• dinsdagdip

Mokilese

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *siba (“to cut, slice into pieces”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdip/

Noun

dip

1. slice

Related terms

• dipedip (“to slice”)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English dip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdip/
• Rhymes: -ip
• Syllabification: dip

Noun

dip m inan

1. dip (sauce for dipping)

Declension

Further reading

• dip in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

dip m (plural dips)

1. dip (sauce for dipping)

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دیب (dib), from Proto-Turkic *tǖp (“bottom; root”).

Noun

dip (definite accusative dibi, plural dipler)

1. bottom, deep
2. ground

Declension

Further reading

• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “dip”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı