dip1

[dip] /dɪp/
verb (used with object), dipped or (Archaic) dipt; dipping.
1.
to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid:
He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
2.
to raise or take up by a bailing, scooping, or ladling action:
to dip water out of a boat; to dip ice cream from a container.
3.
to lower and raise:
to dip a flag in salutation.
4.
to immerse (a sheep, hog, etc.) in a solution to destroy germs, parasites, or the like.
5.
to make (a candle) by repeatedly plunging a wick into melted tallow or wax.
6.
Nautical. to lower and rehoist (a yard of a lugsail) when coming about in tacking.
7.
Archaic. to baptize by immersion.
8.
Obsolete. to moisten or wet as if by immersion.
verb (used without object), dipped or (Archaic) dipt; dipping.
9.
to plunge into water or other liquid and emerge quickly:
The boat dipped into the waves.
10.
to put the hand, a dipper, etc., down into a liquid or a container, especially in order to remove something (often followed by in or into):
He dipped into the jar for an olive.
11.
to withdraw something, especially in small amounts (usually followed by in or into):
to dip into savings.
12.
to sink or drop down:
The sun dipped below the horizon.
13.
to incline or slope downward:
At that point the road dips into a valley.
14.
to decrease slightly or temporarily:
Stock-market prices often dip on Fridays.
15.
to engage slightly in a subject (often followed by in or into):
to dip into astronomy.
16.
to read here and there in a book, subject, or author's work (often followed by in or into):
to dip into Plato.
17.
South Midland and Southern U.S. to take snuff.
noun
18.
the act of dipping.
19.
that which is taken up by dipping.
20.
a quantity taken up by dipping; the amount that a scoop, ladle, dipper, etc., will hold.
21.
a scoop of ice cream.
22.
Chiefly Northern U.S. a liquid or soft substance into which something is dipped.
23.
a creamy mixture of savory foods for scooping with potato chips, crackers, and the like, often served as an hors d'oeuvre, especially with cocktails.
24.
a momentary lowering; a sinking down.
25.
a moderate or temporary decrease:
a dip in stock-market prices.
26.
a downward extension, inclination, slope, or course.
27.
the amount of such extension.
28.
a hollow or depression in the land.
29.
a brief swim:
She took a dip in the ocean and then sat on the beach for an hour.
30.
Geology, Mining. the downward inclination of a vein or stratum with reference to the horizontal.
31.
the angular amount by which the horizon lies below the level of the eye.
32.
Also called angle of dip, inclination, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination. the angle that a freely rotating magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon.
33.
a short, downward plunge, as of an airplane.
34.
a candle made by repeatedly dipping a wick into melted tallow or wax.
35.
Gymnastics. an exercise on the parallel bars in which the elbows are bent until the chin is on a level with the bars, and then the body is elevated by straightening the arms.
36.
Slang. a pickpocket.
Idioms
37.
at the dip, Nautical. not fully raised; halfway up the halyard:
an answering pennant flown at the dip.
Compare close (def 75b).
Origin
before 1000; Middle English dippen (v.), Old English dyppan; akin to German taufen to baptize, and to deep
Related forms
dippable, adjective, noun
undipped, adjective
Synonyms
1. duck. Dip, immerse, plunge refer to putting something into liquid. To dip is to put down into a liquid quickly or partially and lift out again: to dip a finger into water to test the temperature. Immerse denotes a lowering into a liquid until covered by it: to immerse meat in salt water. Plunge adds a suggestion of force or suddenness to the action of dipping: to plunge a chicken into boiling water before stripping off the feathers. 2. scoop. 9. dive.

dip2

[dip] /dɪp/
noun, Slang.
1.
dipsomaniac.
Origin
by shortening

dip3

[dip] /dɪp/
noun, Slang.
1.
a naive, foolish, or obnoxious person.
Origin
probably back formation from dippy

DIP

[dip] /dɪp/
noun, Computers.
1.
a packaged chip that connects to a circuit board by means of pins.
Origin
d(ual) i(n-line) p(ackage)
British Dictionary definitions for dip

dip

/dɪp/
verb dips, dipping, dipped
1.
to plunge or be plunged quickly or briefly into a liquid, esp to wet or coat
2.
(intransitive) to undergo a slight decline, esp temporarily: sales dipped in November
3.
(intransitive) to slope downwards: the land dips towards the river
4.
(intransitive) to sink or appear to sink quickly: the sun dipped below the horizon
5.
(transitive) to switch (car headlights) from the main to the lower beam US and Canadian word dim
6.
(transitive)
  1. to immerse (poultry, sheep, etc) briefly in a liquid chemical to rid them of or prevent infestation by insects, etc
  2. to immerse (grain, vegetables, or wood) in a preservative liquid
7.
(transitive) to stain or dye by immersing in a liquid
8.
(transitive) to baptize (someone) by immersion
9.
(transitive) to plate or galvanize (a metal, etc) by immersion in an electrolyte or electrolytic cell
10.
(transitive) to scoop up a liquid or something from a liquid in the hands or in a container
11.
to lower or be lowered briefly: she dipped her knee in a curtsy
12.
(transitive) to make (a candle) by plunging the wick into melted wax
13.
(intransitive) to plunge a container, the hands, etc, into something, esp to obtain or retrieve an object: he dipped in his pocket for money
14.
(intransitive; foll by in or into) to dabble (in); play (at): he dipped into black magic
15.
(intransitive) (of an aircraft) to drop suddenly and then regain height
16.
(intransitive) (of a rock stratum or mineral vein) to slope downwards from the horizontal
17.
(intransitive) often foll by for. (in children's games) to select (a leader, etc) by reciting any of various rhymes
18.
(transitive) (slang) to pick (a person's) pocket
noun
19.
the act of dipping or state of being dipped
20.
a brief swim in water
21.
  1. any liquid chemical preparation in which poultry, sheep, etc are dipped
  2. any liquid preservative into which objects, esp of wood, are dipped
22.
a preparation of dyeing agents into which fabric is immersed
23.
a depression, esp in a landscape
24.
something taken up by dipping
25.
a container used for dipping; dipper
26.
a momentary sinking down
27.
the angle of slope of rock strata, fault planes, etc, from the horizontal plane
28.
Also called angle of dip, magnetic dip, inclination. the angle between the direction of the earth's magnetic field and the plane of the horizon; the angle that a magnetic needle free to swing in a vertical plane makes with the horizontal
29.
a creamy mixture into which pieces of food are dipped before being eaten
30.
(surveying) the angular distance of the horizon below the plane of observation
31.
a candle made by plunging a wick repeatedly into wax
32.
a momentary loss of altitude when flying
33.
(in gymnastics) a chinning exercise on the parallel bars
34.
a slang word for pickpocket
See also dip into, dip out
Word Origin
Old English dyppan; related to Old High German tupfen to wash, German taufen to baptize; see deep
Word Origin and History for dip
v.

Old English dyppan "immerse, baptize by immersion," from Proto-Germanic *duppjan (cf. Old Norse deypa "to dip," Danish døbe "to baptize," Old Frisian depa, Dutch dopen, German taufen, Gothic daupjan "to baptize"), related to Old English diepan "immerse, dip," and perhaps ultimately to deep. As a noun, from 1590s. Sense of "downward slope" is 1708. Meaning "sweet sauce for pudding, etc." first recorded 1825.

n.

"stupid person, eccentric person," 1920s slang, perhaps a back-formation from dippy. "Dipshit is an emphatic form of dip (2); dipstick may be a euphemism or may reflect putative dipstick 'penis' " [DAS].

dip in Science
dip
  (dĭp)   

  1. The downward inclination of a rock stratum or vein in reference to the plane of the horizon.

  2. See magnetic inclination.


Slang definitions & phrases for dip

dip 1

noun

A pickpocket: Since he seemed to remind me of a dip I'd helped bust years before (1850+ Underworld)

verb

: Frankie dipped two men on the 37 bus

[fr dipping one's hand into a pocket]


dip 2

adjective

dippy (1917+)

noun
  1. A stupid person; simpleton; dipshit: That goddamned dip's worse than the Cowboys (1920s+)
  2. An eccentric person; nut: My grandmother was a woefully crazy lady, a bit of a dip (1920s+)
  3. A slovenly, untidy person; dirtbag (1960s+ Teenagers)

dip 3

noun

Diphtheria (1940s+)


dip 4

noun

dipso (1940s+)


dip 5

verb

To chew tobacco or take snuff (1848+)


dip 6

Related Terms

double-dip, i'll be damned, skinny-dip


dip in Technology


1. Dual In-line Package.
2. Document Image Processing.

Related Abbreviations for dip

DIP

  1. desquamative interstitial pneumonia
  2. digital imaging processing
  3. distal interphalangeal joint
  4. dual in-line package