to dip
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1.0
- verb
- /dɪp/
- To enjoy a tasty snack, dip some fresh strawberries in melted chocolate.
- dip in water
- dip a finger
- dip a toe
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Watch on YouTubeHere, Let me dip in there real quick there.
- Here, Let me dip in there real quick there.
- And then I use those as dipping mechanisms for guacamole.
- As that unfolds, you can slowly dip that other foot into the water.
- Oh, bro, I want to dip my balls in it.
Examples
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"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.
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I'm just going to wet my brush a little bit and dip it into this guy.
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They told us that they really like to dip these in milk.
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You can make zucchini chips and then dip them with that as well.
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So you just take the bagel and then you dip it into your cream cheese.
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Each slice had been dipped that day in one of the four treatments.
Academic text (2006) -
I will dip my ladle in your vichyssoise!
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And so I took the cuffs and I dipped the cuffs in wine.
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Then she unbraided my hair and combed it, dipping the comb into the potion.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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4.2
To move suddenly and energetically into something like water or a new activity
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2.7
To dip something quickly into a liquid, often food
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4.9
To put something briefly into a liquid
2
7.3
To dip food briefly into a liquid like soup or sauce
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2.7
To put something quickly into a liquid and take it out
Antonyms
Idioms
A humorous way to say you find a woman extremely attractive
To use someone else's ideas without giving them credit
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- US
1
5.2
A cold creamy mixture of chopped clams and cream cheese eaten with crackers or chips
- Specialized
1
6.3
A small group of tiny manual controls on electronic devices that set options
- Specialized
1
7.9
The tilt between Earth's magnetic field and the flat ground at a place
How Deep
Surface Forms
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.