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to dip

146 1.0

To put something quickly into a liquid and take it out again

verb
/dɪp/

: mojar

To enjoy a tasty snack, dip some fresh strawberries in melted chocolate.
dip in water
dip a finger
dip a toe

Here, Let me dip in there real quick there.

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Examples

"I've been betrayed by time," he said, dipping his spoon into the soup again.

Fiction book (1991)
And then you're going to dip it in some red color.
I'm just going to wet my brush a little bit and dip it into this guy.
They told us that they really like to dip these in milk.
You can make zucchini chips and then dip them with that as well.
So you just take the bagel and then you dip it into your cream cheese.
Each slice had been dipped that day in one of the four treatments.

Academic text (2006)
I will dip my ladle in your vichyssoise!

The Mask (1994)
And so I took the cuffs and I dipped the cuffs in wine.
Then she unbraided my hair and combed it, dipping the comb into the potion.

Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

to plunge

vsto dip

56 4.2

To move suddenly and energetically into something like water or a new activity

focuses on brief putting in and taking out rather than deep immersion

to dunk

vsto dip

24 2.7

To dip something quickly into a liquid, often food

covers brief immersion for many tasks beyond food use

to duck

vsto dip

14 2.7

To put something quickly into a liquid and take it out

is used for many purposes beyond that action like cleaning or coating

to douse

vsto dip

3 4.9

To put something briefly into a liquid

is about quick brief putting in and taking out with less force

to sop

vsto dip

Archaic

1 7.3

To dip food briefly into a liquid like soup or sauce

is used broadly for many actions beyond food

Antonyms

lift

12 1.0

An act of raising something or a movement upward

Idioms

dip me in honey and throw me to the lesbians

Offensive

9.9

A humorous way to say you find a woman extremely attractive

to dip one's pen in someone else's inkwell

Archaic

9.9

To use someone else's ideas without giving them credit

Phrasal Verbs

to take a dip

Jargon

7 2.8

To go into the water for a short time to swim or cool off

to dip into

4 4.0

Use a small amount of money or other resource for a short time

to dip into

1 5.1

Read parts of a book or magazine rather than all of it

to dip out

Informal

1 9.1

To leave a place quietly or suddenly without telling others

to dip into one's savings

1 4.1

Take some money you have saved to pay for an emergency or big cost

to dip solder

Specialized

9.0

To solder something by dipping it into a bath of hot liquid metal

Compounds

bean dip

5 1.1

A creamy spread of cooked beans and spices for eating with chips

skinny-dip

NSFW

4 8.9

A swim while naked, often outdoors

cheese dip

1 1.1

A warm sauce of melted cheese served for dipping chips or bread

clam dip

1 5.2

A cold creamy mixture of chopped clams and cream cheese eaten with crackers or chips

DIP switch

Specialized

1 6.3

A small group of tiny manual controls on electronic devices that set options

sheep dip

Specialized

1 8.4

A liquid that kills parasites on sheep like lice and ticks

dip circle

Specialized

9.9

A tool that measures the tilt of Earth's magnetic field

angle of dip

Specialized

9.1

The angle a magnetic needle makes with the horizon at a place

krab dip

6.1

A creamy sauce made with imitation crab and cream cheese to eat with crackers

lucky dip

5.3

A game where you pick a surprise gift by chance

magnetic dip

Specialized

7.9

The tilt between Earth's magnetic field and the flat ground at a place

How Deep

to immerse

9 4.2

to dip

146 1.0

to dab

11 2.8

Surface Forms

dip infinitive

dipped past

dipped past participle

dipping present participle

dips third person singular

Etymology

Dip comes from an old English word dippan meaning 'to plunge' or 'to sink a little'. It gives a simple image: you quickly put something into a liquid and take it out again, which is why we use 'to dip' for that short action.