Meaning

21 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A lower section of a road or geological feature.

    There is a dip in the road ahead.

    Senke, Absenkung

    углубле́ниеuglublénije, впа́динаvpádina

  2. (countable, uncountable)Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.

  3. (countable, uncountable)The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.

    tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped

  4. (countable, uncountable)A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A dip stick.

    Ölmessstab, Eichmaß, Messstab

    щупščup

  6. (countable, uncountable)A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.

    I’m going for a dip before breakfast.

    Tauchen, Schwimmen, Baden

    a brief swim in water

  7. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable)A pickpocket.

  8. (countable, uncountable)A sauce for dipping.

    This onion dip is just scrumptious.

    Eintauchen, Eintunken, Einstippen

  9. (countable, uncountable)The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.

  10. (countable, uncountable)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.

  11. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Barrenstütz, Beugestütz

    обра́тное отжима́ниеobrátnoje otžimánije, отжима́ние на бру́сьяхotžimánije na brúsʹjax

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

  12. (countable, uncountable)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.

Examples

144 sentences
  1. Have you ever gone skinny dipping?

    ruВы когда-нибудь ходили купаться нагишом? — marafon

    deWarst du schon mal nacktbaden? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Would you ever go skinny dipping?

  3. I feel like taking a dip.

  4. He dipped his spoon into the soup.

  5. Tom dipped his spoon into the soup.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
lower section of a road or geological feature:
dip stick:
exercise:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
lower section of a road or geological feature:
dip stick:
short swim to refresh:
act of dipping:
exercise:

Origin

From Middle English dippen, from Old English dyppan, from Proto-West Germanic *duppjan, fr

From Middle English dippen, from Old English dyppan, from Proto-West Germanic *duppjan, from Proto-Germanic *dupjaną; see *daupijaną (“to dip”). Related to deep.

Back-formation from dippy.

Shortenings.

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Forms

plural: dips
Singulardip
Pluraldips

regular

Synonyms

34 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a brief swim in water:plunge
  • (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon:angle of dipmagnetic dipmagnetic inclinationinclination
  • a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity:dropfallfree fall
  • a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places:pickpocketcutpurse

Word family

39 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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