dip

Noun

• 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
    

Verb

• scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
  • dip water out of a container
    

• plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
  • He dipped into his pocket
    

• immerse in a disinfectant solution
  • dip the sheep
    

• place (candle wicks) 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

• take a small amount from
  • I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  plunge , drop , fall , free fall , pickpocket , cutpurse , angle of dip , magnetic dip , magnetic inclination , inclination , douse , duck , sink , dim , dunk , souse