dip | (noun) a brief swim in water | Synonyms: plunge |
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(noun) a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms | - |
(noun) a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow | - |
(noun) a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity | Synonyms: drop, fall, free fall |
(noun) a brief immersion | - |
(noun) tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped | - |
(noun) a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places | Synonyms: cutpurse, pickpocket |
(noun) (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon | Synonyms: angle of dip, inclination, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination |
(noun) a depression in an otherwise level surface | - |
(verb) stain an object by immersing it in a liquid | - |
(verb) go down momentarily | - |
(verb) dip into a liquid while eating | Synonyms: dunk |
(verb) immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate | Synonyms: douse, dunk, plunge, souse |
(verb) plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container | - |
(verb) immerse in a disinfectant solution | - |
(verb) scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface | - |
(verb) place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax | - |
(verb) dip into a liquid | Synonyms: douse, duck |
(verb) appear to move downward | Synonyms: sink |
(verb) slope downwards | - |
(verb) lower briefly | - |
(verb) switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam | Synonyms: dim |
(verb) take a small amount from | - |