dips

Noun

• a depression in an otherwise level surface
• (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
• a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
• tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
• a brief immersion
• a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
• a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
• a brief swim in water
• a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
• plural of dip

Verb

• immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
• dip into a liquid while eating
• go down momentarily
• stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
• take a small amount from
• switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
• lower briefly
• appear to move downward
• slope downwards
  • "Our property dips towards the river"
• dip into a liquid
• place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
• immerse in a disinfectant solution
• plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
• scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
• third-person singular simple present indicative of dip

Synonyms

angle of dip, cutpurse, dim, dip, douse, drop, duck, dunk, fall, free fall, inclination, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, pickpocket, plunge, sink, souse