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Definitions for 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.
[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.
[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.
[37] at the dip , Nautical . not fully raised; halfway up the halyard: an answering pennant flown at the dip. Compare close(def 75b) .
[38] to plunge or be plunged quickly or briefly into a liquid, esp to wet or coat
[39] (intr) to undergo a slight decline, esp temporarily sales dipped in November
[40] (intr) to slope downwards the land dips towards the river
[41] (intr) to sink or appear to sink quickly the sun dipped below the horizon
[42] (tr) to switch (car headlights) from the main to the lower beam US and Canadian word: dim
[43] (tr) to immerse (poultry, sheep, etc) briefly in a liquid chemical to rid them of or prevent infestation by insects, etc to immerse (grain, vegetables, or wood) in a preservative liquid
[44] (tr) to stain or dye by immersing in a liquid
[45] (tr) to baptize (someone) by immersion
[46] (tr) to plate or galvanize (a metal, etc) by immersion in an electrolyte or electrolytic cell
[47] (tr) to scoop up a liquid or something from a liquid in the hands or in a container
[48] to lower or be lowered briefly she dipped her knee in a curtsy
[49] (tr) to make (a candle) by plunging the wick into melted wax
[50] (intr) to plunge a container, the hands, etc, into something, esp to obtain or retrieve an object he dipped in his pocket for money
[51] (intr; foll by in or into) to dabble (in); play (at) he dipped into black magic
[52] (intr) (of an aircraft) to drop suddenly and then regain height
[53] (intr) (of a rock stratum or mineral vein) to slope downwards from the horizontal
[54] (intr often foll by for ) (in children's games) to select (a leader, etc) by reciting any of various rhymes
[55] (tr) slang to pick (a person's) pocket
[56] the act of dipping or state of being dipped
[57] a brief swim in water
[58] any liquid chemical preparation in which poultry, sheep, etc are dipped any liquid preservative into which objects, esp of wood, are dipped
[59] a preparation of dyeing agents into which fabric is immersed
[60] a depression, esp in a landscape
[61] something taken up by dipping
[62] a container used for dipping; dipper
[63] a momentary sinking down
[64] the angle of slope of rock strata, fault planes, etc, from the horizontal plane
[65] 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
[66] a creamy mixture into which pieces of food are dipped before being eaten
[67] surveying the angular distance of the horizon below the plane of observation
[68] a candle made by plunging a wick repeatedly into wax
[69] a momentary loss of altitude when flying
[70] (in gymnastics) a chinning exercise on the parallel bars
[71] a slang word for pickpocket

Words nearby Dipping

dipdioxan, dioxane, dioxide, dioxin, dioxygenase, dip, dip circle, dip fault, dip into, dip needle, dip net

Origin of Dipping

1before 1000; Middle English dippen (v.), Old English dyppan; akin to German taufen to baptize, and to deep

Other words from Dipping

dip·pa·ble , adjective, noun
un·dipped , adjective

Word origin for Dipping

Old English dyppan; related to Old High German tupfen to wash, German taufen to baptize; see deep

Synonyms for Dipping

dive, plunge, bath, douche, drenching, ducking, immersion, soak, soaking, swim