Dip Definition
dĭp
dipped, dipping, dips, dipt
verb
dipped, dipping, dips
To put into or under liquid for a moment and then quickly take out; immerse.
Webster's New World
To plunge briefly into a liquid, as in order to wet, coat, or saturate.
American Heritage Medicine
To dye in this way.
Webster's New World
To clean (sheep, hog, dogs, etc.) by bathing in disinfectant.
Webster's New World
To make (a candle) by putting a wick repeatedly in melted tallow or wax.
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noun
dips
A brief plunge into water or other liquid.
Webster's New World
A liquid into which something is dipped, as for dyeing.
Webster's New World
A brief swim.
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A dipping or being dipped.
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Whatever is removed by or used in dipping.
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Synonyms:
abbreviation
Diploma.
Webster's New World
Acronym of delightfully intelligent person.
Wiktionary
(electronics) Acronym of dual in-line package.
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(programming) Acronym of dependency inversion principle. (This is one of the SOLID programming principles.)
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Origin of Dip
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From Middle English dippen, from Old English dyppan, from Proto-Germanic *dupjaną. Compare Dutch dopen, German taufen.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English dippen from Old English dyppan dheub- in Indo-European roots N., sense 15, back-formation from dippy
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Back-formation from dippy.
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