Meaning of dip | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A foolish person.
   informal
2. Initialism of device-independent pixel.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
3. A diplomat.
   informal
4. A lower section of a road or geological feature.
   countable, uncountable
5. Acronym of dual in-line package.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
6. Enter.
7. A diaper; diap, dipe.
   informal, uncommon
8. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
   countable, uncountable
9. Acronym of dependency inversion principle.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
10. #Paste, strike.
11. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
    countable, uncountable
12. Contador, measurer.
13. A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
    countable, uncountable
14. A dip stick.
    countable, uncountable
15. A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
    countable, uncountable
16. A pickpocket.
    colloquial, countable, dated, uncountable
17. A sauce for dipping.
    countable, uncountable
18. The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
    countable, uncountable
19. A dipped candle.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
20. 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.
    countable, uncountable
21. A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on 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.
    countable, uncountable
22. 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.
    countable, uncountable
23. A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
    countable, uncountable
24. Finely ground tobacco, consumed by placing a small amount between the lip and gum.
    uncountable
25. The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
    colloquial, countable, uncountable
26. Fried bread.
    UK, dialectal, uncountable
27. A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.
    countable, informal, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“There is a dip in the road ahead.”

“They were all doomed to be disappointed, however, for the errant engine decided at Stanley junction to spend the remainder of its crowded hour of freedom on the Aberdeen line, and finally came to rest, short of breath, in the dip between Ballathie and Cargill, near the bridge over the Tay.”

“After a signal check at Darley Dale, on the third run, the Pacific mounted the long 1 in 100 at a steady 53-54 m.p.h. and attained a brief 60 m.p.h. in the short dip before Monsal Dale.”

“With his precious charge / Embark'd, Sinicus gently ſteers along; / The dip of oars in uniſon awake / Without alarming ſilence; […]”

“I’m going for a dip before breakfast.”

“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.”

“To steal a housewife's purse might mean that her children would have to go hungry; but what of that, if the flash young “dip” could gain admiration from his mates by boasting that he had “frisked a judy's cly and lifted a skinful of bunce”?”

“Skeet is one of the modern young breed of dip, no longer interested in the pocket watches of the old and inattentive, finding more challenge in lifting a watch right off a wrist in broad daylight […].”

“This onion dip is just scrumptious.”

“by the feeble light of the dip, he beheld the pale, haggard face of Smallbones”

“Packed a lip full of beluga caviar after mistaking a tin for a can of dip and then spat the juice into an urn that I thought was a sombre spittoon.”

“I'd missed them by a couple of hours. This dip did not bode well for the Hudwit.”

“My Dad, God bless him, rarely cooked anything, but if he ever did he would make himself an egg banjo! Fried bread? Or ‘dip’?”

“buy the dips”

“A commander tells the soldiers, "We're going on a 5 mile run". And some dip asks, "Do we have to bring our kitbags?" At which point, the answer is yes. It wouldn't have been if the soldier hadn't asked the question.”

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