dip




dip - noun

  • a depression in an otherwise level surface
  • (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
  • a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
  • tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
  • a brief immersion
  • a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
  • a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
  • a brief swim in water
  • a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms

    • dip - verb

    • immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
    • dip into a liquid while eating
    • go down momentarily
    • stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
    • take a small amount from
    • switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
    • lower briefly
    • appear to move downward
    • slope downwards
    • dip into a liquid
    • place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
    • immerse in a disinfectant solution
    • plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
    • scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface

    dip - thesaurus

    cutpurse   dim   douse   drop   duck   dunk   fall   inclination   pickpocket   plunge   sink   souse  


    View spelling list Starter Course: Unit 1: Section 2 and learn about the word dip in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit Starter course: Words with a or i.

    Scrabble score for dip

    d is 2 i is 1 p is 3
    Scrabble score = 6

    generated at 18:39:14 on 30-11-23

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