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Webster 1913 Edition

Dip

Dip

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dipped
or
Dipt
([GREEK]);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Dipping
.]
[OE.
dippen
,
duppen
, AS.
dyppan
; akin to Dan.
dyppe
, Sw.
doppa
, and to AS.
d[GREEK]pan
to baptize, OS.
d[GREEK]pian
, D.
doopen
, G.
taufen
, Sw.
döpa
, Goth.
daupjan
, Lith.
dubus
deep, hollow, OSlav.
dupl[GREEK]
hollow, and to E.
dive
. Cf.
Deep
,
Dive
.]
1.
To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.
The priest shall
dip
his finger in the blood.
Lev. iv. 6.
[Wat’ry fowl] now
dip
their pinions in the briny deep.
Pope.
While the prime swallow
dips
his wing.
Tennyson.
2.
To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion.
Book of Common Prayer. Fuller.
3.
To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
[Poetic]
A cold shuddering dew
Dips
me all o'er.
Milton.
4.
To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
He was . . .
dipt
in the rebellion of the Commons.
Dryden.
5.
To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; – often with out;
as, to
dip
water from a boiler; to
dip
out water.
6.
To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
[Obs.]
Live on the use and never
dip
thy lands.
Dryden.
Dipped candle
,
a candle made by repeatedly dipping a wick in melted tallow.
–
To dip snuff
,
to take snuff by rubbing it on the gums and teeth.
[Southern U. S.]
–
To dip the colors
(Naut.)
,
to lower the colors and return them to place; – a form of naval salute.

Dip

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
The sun's rim
dips
; the stars rush out.
Coleridge.
2.
To perform the action of plunging some receptacle, as a dipper, ladle. etc.; into a liquid or a soft substance and removing a part.
Whoever
dips
too deep will find death in the pot.
L'Estrange.
3.
To pierce; to penetrate; – followed by in or into.
When I
dipt
into the future.
Tennyson.
4.
To enter slightly or cursorily; to engage one's self desultorily or by the way; to partake limitedly; – followed by in or into.
“Dipped into a multitude of books.”
Macaulay.
5.
To incline downward from the plane of the horizon;
as, strata of rock
dip
.
6.
To dip snuff.
[Southern U.S.]

Dip

,
Noun.
1.
The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
“The dip of oars in unison.”
Glover.
2.
Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
4.
A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon.
[Local, U.S.]
Bartlett.
5.
A dipped candle.
[Colloq.]
Marryat.
Dip of the horizon
(Astron.)
,
the angular depression of the seen or visible horizon below the true or natural horizon; the angle at the eye of an observer between a horizontal line and a tangent drawn from the eye to the surface of the ocean.
–
Dip of the needle
, or
Magnetic dip
,
the angle formed, in a vertical plane, by a freely suspended magnetic needle, or the line of magnetic force, with a horizontal line; – called also
inclination
.
–
Dip of a stratum
(Geol.)
,
its greatest angle of inclination to the horizon, or that of a line perpendicular to its direction or strike; – called also the
pitch
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dip

DIP

,
Verb.
T.
pret. and pp. dipped or dipt. [G.]
1.
To plunge or immerse, for a moment or short time, in water or other liquid substance; to put into a fluid and withdraw.
The priest shall dip his finger int he blood. Leviticus 4.
Let him dip his foot in oil. Deuteronomy 33.
One dip the pencil, and one string the lyre.
2.
To take with a ladle or other vessel by immersing it in a fluid, as to dip water from a boiler; often with out, as to dip out water.
3.
To engage; to take concern; used intransitively, but the passive participle is used.
He was a little dipt in the rebellion of the commons.
4.
To engage as a pledge; to mortgage. [Little used.]
5.
To moisten; to wet. [Unusual.]
6.
To baptize by immersion.

DIP

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To sink; to emerge in a liquid.
2.
To enter; to pierce.
3.
To engage; to take a concern; as, to dip into the funds.
4.
To enter slightly; to look cursorily, or here and there; as, to dip into a volume of history.
5.
To choose by chance; to thrust and take.
6.
To incline downward; as, the magnetic needle dips. [See Dipping.]

DIP

,
Noun.
Inclination downward; a sloping; a direction below a horizontal line; depression; as the dip of the needle. The dip of a stratum, in geology, is its greatest inclination to the horizon, or that on a line perpendicular to its direction or course; called also the pitch.

Definition 2024

dip

dip

See also: DIP and dịp

English

Noun

dip ‎(plural dips)

  1. A lower section of a road or geological feature.
    There is a dip in the road ahead.
  2. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
  3. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
    • Glover
      the dip of oars in unison
  4. A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
  5. A dip stick.
  6. A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
    I'm going for a dip before breakfast.
  7. (colloquial, dated) A pickpocket.
    • 1906, Fred L. Boalt, "The Snitcher", McClure's Magazine v.26, p.633
      The Moocher was a "dip" in a dilettante sort of way, and his particular graft was boarding street-cars with his papers and grabbing women's pocket-books.
  8. A sauce for dipping.
    This onion dip is just scrumptious.
  9. (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
  10. (archaic) A dipped candle.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Marryat to this entry?)
  11. (dance) a move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader
  12. A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
  13. In the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
  14. (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

dip ‎(third-person singular simple present dips, present participle dipping, simple past and past participle dipped)

  1. (transitive) To lower into a liquid.
    Dip your biscuit into your tea.
    • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21
      He dipped the end of a towel in cold water and with it began to flick him on the face, his wife all the while holding her face between her hands and sobbing in a way that was heart breaking to hear.
  2. (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
    • Coleridge
      The sun's rim dips; the stars rush out.
  3. (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
  4. (transitive) To lower a light's beam.
    Dip your lights as you meet an oncoming car.
  5. (transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
    “The sailor rushed to the flag hoist to dip the flag in return.”
  6. (transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
    The farmer is going to dip the cattle today.
  7. (transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
  8. To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
  9. To immerse for baptism.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Fuller to this entry?)
    • Charles Wheatly, A rational illustration of the Book of Common Prayer
      […] during the reigns of King James and King Charles I, there were but very few children dipped in the font.
  10. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
    • Milton
      A cold shuddering dew / Dips me all o'er.
  11. To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
    • Dryden
      He was […] dipt in the rebellion of the Commons.
  12. (transitive) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
    to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water
  13. (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
    • L'Estrange
      Whoever dips too deep will find death in the pot.
  14. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
    • Dryden
      Live on the use and never dip thy lands.
  15. (transitive) To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
  16. (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
    Strata of rock dip.
  17. (dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
  18. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave.
    He dipped out of the room so fast.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Back-formation from dippy.

Noun

dip ‎(plural dips)

  1. A foolish person.

Etymology 3

Noun

dip ‎(plural dips)

  1. (computer graphics) Initialism of device-independent pixel.

Anagrams

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic tüp, from Proto-Turkic *tüp, *dǖp ‎(“bottom; root”).

Noun

dip

  1. bottom
  2. depth
  3. ground

References

Etymology

From Middle English dippen, from Old English dyppan, from Proto-Germanic *daupijaną. Compare Low German düppen and döpen, Dutch dopen, German taufen.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: dĭp, IPA(key): /dɪp/
  • Rhymes: -ɪp

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