DIP definition

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

(2) A brief swim in water

(3) A candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow

(4) A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

"A drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"

"There was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"

"A dip in prices"

"When that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"

(5) A brief immersion

(6) Tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped

(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 depression in an otherwise level surface

"There was a dip in the road"

(10) Stain an object by immersing it in a liquid

(11) Go down momentarily

"Prices dipped"

(12) Dip into a liquid while eating

"She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"

(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) Place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax

(15) Dip into a liquid

"He dipped into the pool"

(16) Slope downwards

"Our property dips towards the river"

(17) Appear to move downward

"The sun dipped below the horizon"

"The setting sun sank below the tree line"

(18) Lower briefly

"She dipped her knee"

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