Definition of dip

"dip" in the noun sense

1. dip

a depression in an otherwise level surface

"there was a dip in the road"

2. dip, angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, inclination

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

3. pickpocket, cutpurse, dip

a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places

4. dip

tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped

5. dip

a brief immersion

6. drop, dip, fall, free fall

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. dip

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

8. dip, plunge

a brief swim in water

9. dip

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

"dip" in the verb sense

1. dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse

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. dunk, dip

dip into a liquid while eating

"She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"

3. dip

go down momentarily

"Prices dipped"

4. dip

stain an object by immersing it in a liquid

5. dip

take a small amount from

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

6. dim, dip

switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

7. dip

lower briefly

"She dipped her knee"

8. dip, sink

appear to move downward

"The sun dipped below the horizon"

"The setting sun sank below the tree line"

9. dip

slope downwards

"Our property dips towards the river"

10. dip, douse, duck

dip into a liquid

"He dipped into the pool"

11. dip

place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax

12. dip

immerse in a disinfectant solution

"dip the sheep"

13. dip

plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container

"He dipped into his pocket"

14. dip

scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface

"dip water out of a container"

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Quotations for dip

To doubt is to dip love in the mire. [ J. M. Barrie ]

What skilful limner ever would choose
To paint the rainbow's varying hues.
Unless to mortal it were given
To dip his brush in dyes of heaven? [ Scott ]

Dip the pen of the tongue in the ink of the heart. [ Edlin ]

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Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

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Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

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Words within the letters of dip

2 letter words in dip (2 words)

3 letter words in dip (1 word)

dip + 1 blank (5 words)

Words containing the sequence dip

Words that start with dip (167 words)

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Words that end with dip (5 words)

Word Growth involving dip

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Longer words containing dip

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adipocyte adipocytes preadipocytes

adipocyte preadipocyte preadipocytes

adipocytic

adipofibroma adipofibromas

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adipometer adipometers

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adiposuria

audiphone audiphones

dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholines

dipeptidase dipeptidases

dipeptide dipeptides

diperoxyboronate diperoxyboronates

diphenhydramine diphenhydramines

diphenoxylate diphenoxylates

diphenoxylation

diphenyl azodiphenyl

diphenyl diphenylalanine

diphenyl diphenylalkanoid diphenylalkanoids

diphenyl diphenylamine diphenylamines thiodiphenylamines

diphenyl diphenylamine thiodiphenylamine thiodiphenylamines

diphenyl diphenylether diphenylethers

diphenyl diphenylheptanoid diphenylheptanoids

diphenyl diphenylhydantoin diphenylhydantoins

diphenyl diphenylhydrazine diphenylhydrazines

diphenyl diphenylhydroxyethylamine diphenylhydroxyethylamines

diphenyl diphenylketone diphenylketones

diphenyl diphenylpentanoid diphenylpentanoids

diphenyl diphenylthiourea diphenylthioureas

diphenyl diphenylurea diphenylureas

diphosphane

diphosphatase diphosphatases

diphosphate diphosphates

diphosphine

diphosphorus

diphtheria

diphtherotoxin

diphthong diphthongal nondiphthongal

diphthong diphthonged

diphthong diphthongisation diphthongisations

diphthong diphthongise diphthongised

diphthong diphthongise diphthongises

diphthong diphthongising

diphthong diphthongization diphthongizations

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diphthong diphthongize diphthongizes

diphthong diphthongizing

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diphyodont diphyodontism

diphyodont diphyodonts

diphyozooid diphyozooids

diphyzooid diphyzooids

diplegia diplegias

diplegic diplegics

dipleidoscope dipleidoscopes

diplex diplexer diplexers

diploblast diploblastic

diploblast diploblasts

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diplococcus

diploid amphidiploid amphidiploidal

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diploid diploidic haplodiploidic

diploid diploidic hyperdiploidic

diploid diploidic hypodiploidic

diploid diploidies hyperdiploidies

diploid diploidies hypodiploidies

diploid diploidisation diploidisations

diploid diploidise diploidised

diploid diploidise diploidises

diploid diploidising

diploid diploidization diploidizations

diploid diploidize diploidized

diploid diploidize diploidizes

diploid diploidizing

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diploid diploids haplodiploids

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diploid diploids hypodiploids

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diploid diploidy hyperdiploidy

diploid diploidy hypodiploidy

diploid diploidy quasidiploidy

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diploid hyperdiploid hyperdiploidic

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diploid hyperdiploid hyperdiploidy

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diplokaryon diplokaryons

diplokaryotic

diploma diplomacy

diploma diplomas

diploma diplomat diplomatic diplomatically undiplomatically

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diploma diplomat diplomatic nondiplomatic

diploma diplomat diplomatic undiplomatic undiplomatically

diploma diplomat diplomats

diploma diplomat nondiplomat nondiplomatic

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diplophyte diplophytes

diplopia

diplopod diplopods

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diplosome diplosomes

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dipnictide dipnictides

dipnictogen dipnictogens

dipod dipodid dipodids

dipod dipodoid dipodoids

dipod dipods

dipolar dipolarities

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diprosopus

diprotodont diprotodonts

dips dipsophobia

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dips dipstick dipsticks

dips polydipsia

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diptail diptails

diptych diptychs

dipyramid dipyramidal

dipyridyl

downdip

nicardipine

pediplain pediplains

pediplanation

redip redipped

redip redipping

redip redips

redip redipt

serendipitous serendipitously

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