Meaning & Definition of Dip in English

1. A depression in an otherwise level surface

• "There was a dip in the road"

2. (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon

3. A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places

4. Tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped

5. A brief immersion

6. 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"

7. A candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow

8. A brief swim in water

9. A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms

1. 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"

2. Dip into a liquid while eating

• "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"

3. Go down momentarily

• "Prices dipped"

4. Stain an object by immersing it in a liquid

5. Take a small amount from

• "I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present"

6. Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

7. Lower briefly

• "She dipped her knee"

8. Appear to move downward

• "The sun dipped below the horizon"

• "The setting sun sank below the tree line"

9. Slope downwards

• "Our property dips towards the river"

10. Dip into a liquid

• "He dipped into the pool"

11. Place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax

12. Immerse in a disinfectant solution

• "Dip the sheep"

13. Plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container

• "He dipped into his pocket"

14. Scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface

• "Dip water out of a container"