dip

/dɪp/ verbnoun
3 letters1 syllable6 points in Scrabble®7 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS23
VERB
1

Appear to move downward.

“The sun dipped below the horizon”

2

Go down momentarily.

“Prices dipped”

3

Immerse in a disinfectant solution.

“dip the sheep”

4

Lower briefly.

“She dipped her knee”

5

Place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax.

6

Plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container.

“He dipped into his pocket”

7

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

“dip water out of a container”

8

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

9

Slope downwards.

“Our property dips towards the river”

10

Stain an object by immersing it in a liquid.

11

Take a small amount from.

“I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present”

12

Dip into a liquid while eating.

13

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”

14

Dip into a liquid.

“He dipped into the pool”

NOUN
1

A brief immersion.

2

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

3

A depression in an otherwise level surface.

“there was a dip in the road”

4

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

5

Tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped.

6

A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity.

“a dip in prices”

7

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

8

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

9

A brief swim in water.

WORD FORMS
Related formdipper
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®6 points
Words With Friends®7 points
Double word12 points
Triple word18 points
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Pig Latinipday
Starts & ends withD … P
Syllablesdip
SYNONYMS & RELATED17
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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