Noun
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a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
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a brief swim in water
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a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
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a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
"a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"
"there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"
"a dip in prices"
"when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"
- free fall -
a brief immersion
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tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
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a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
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(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
- angle of dip - magnetic dip - magnetic inclination -
a depression in an otherwise level surface
"there was a dip in the road"
Verb
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scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
"dip water out of a container"
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plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
"He dipped into his pocket"
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immerse in a disinfectant solution
"dip the sheep"
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place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
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dip into a liquid
"He dipped into the pool"
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slope downwards
"Our property dips towards the river"
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appear to move downward
"The sun dipped below the horizon"
"The setting sun sank below the tree line"
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lower briefly
"She dipped her knee"
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switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
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take a small amount from
"I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present"
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stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
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go down momentarily
"Prices dipped"
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dip into a liquid while eating
"She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"
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immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
"dip the garment into the cleaning solution"
"dip the brush into the paint"