dip Definition

dip
verb dipped, dipping

1. To put something into a liquid for a short time.

Thesaurus: submerge, plunge, wet, douse, moisten, bathe, baptize, dunk.
intr
2. To go briefly under the surface of a liquid.
intr
3. To drop below a surface or level.

Thesaurus: fall, recede, swoop, sink, plunge.
tr & intr
4. To go, or push something, down briefly and then up again.
intr
5. To slope downwards.

Thesaurus: slope, incline, tilt, fall, plunge.
tr & intr
6. To put (one's hand, etc) into a dish, container, etc and take out some of the contents.

Thesaurus: scoop, shovel, ladle, spoon, decant, dredge, draw, dish.
7. To immerse (an animal) in a bath of disinfectant chemical that kills parasitic insects.
(Brit)
8. To lower the beam of (a vehicle's headlights).

noun

1. An act of dipping.

Thesaurus: infusion, suffusion, bath.
2. A downward slope or hollow (especially in a road).

Thesaurus: hole, depression, slope, inclination; drop, fall, slump, sag, slip, decline.
3. A short swim or bathe.

Thesaurus: bath, soaking, plunge, immersion, douche, drenching; swim, plunge, dive.
4. A chemical liquid for dipping animals.
5. A type of thick sauce into which biscuits, raw vegetables, etc are dipped.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon dyppan.

Phrasal Verb: dip in something

To take a share.

Phrasal Verb: dip into something

To take or use part of it.To look briefly at a book or study a subject in a casual manner.