Dip (exercise)
WordNet
noun
(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"
verb
(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
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A lower section of a road or geological feature.
- There is a dip in the road ahead.
- A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
- A dip stick.
- A swim. (Usually a short swim to refresh).
- I'm going for a dip before breakfast.
- A pickpocket.
- 1906, Fred L. Boalt, "The Snitcher", McClure's Magazine v.26, p.633
- 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.
- 1906, Fred L. Boalt, "The Snitcher", McClure's Magazine v.26, p.633
- A sauce for dipping.
- Hmmm, this onion dip is just scrumptious.
- The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
Verb
- To lower into a liquid.
- Dip your biscuit into your tea.
- To lower a light's beam.
- Dip your lights as you meet an oncoming car.
- To lower a flag, particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
- “The sailor rushed to the flag hoist to dip the flag in return.”
- To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
- The farmer is going to dip the cattle today.
- To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
- To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.