• a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
• a brief swim in water
• a candle that is made by repeated Dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
• 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"
• a brief immersion
• tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are Dipped
• a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
• (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
• a depression in an otherwise level surface; "there was a Dip in the road"
• stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
• go down momentarily; "Prices Dipped"
• Dip into a liquid while eating; "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"
• scoop up by plunging one''s hand or a ladle below the surface; "Dip water out of a container"
• 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"
• immerse in a disinfectant solution; "Dip the sheep"
• of candles; by Dipping the wick into hot, liquid wax
• Dip into a liquid; "He Dipped into the pool"
• slope downwards; "Our property Dips towards the river"
• appear to move downward; "The sun Dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line"
• lower briefly; "She Dipped her knee"
• switch (a car''s headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

'Dip' in other languages