Definition of Dip

Verb: dip (dipped,dipping) dip

Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
"dip the brush into the paint";
- dunk, souse, plunge, douse
(of food) put into a liquid to absorb some of it
"She dipped the piece of bread in the sauce";
- dunk
Go down momentarily
"Prices dipped"
Stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
Take a small amount from
"I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present"
Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- dim
Lower briefly
"She dipped her knee"
Appear to move downward
"The sun dipped below the horizon";
- sink
Slope downwards
"Our property dips towards the river"
Immerse into a liquid
"He dipped into the pool";
- douse, duck
Place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
Immerse in a disinfectant solution
"dip the sheep"
Plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
"He dipped into his pocket"
Scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
"dip water out of a container"

Noun: dip dip

A depression in an otherwise level surface
"there was a dip in the road"
(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
- angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, inclination
A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- pickpocket, cutpurse
Tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
A brief immersion
A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
"a dip in prices";
- drop, fall, free fall
A candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
A brief swim in water
- plunge
A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms