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dip

dip

68 1.0
A thick sauce you put food into before eating
  • noun
  • /dɪp/
translation icon : salsa para mojar
  • At the party, everyone enjoyed chips with a delicious guacamole dip.
  • serve with dip

I also have some spinach dip which is amazing.

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Examples

  • Football season is back, so that means chips and dip is back.

  • Program coordinators and food service personnel reported serving dips with 3 produce items: apples, carrots, and celery.

    Academic text (2011)
  • And instead of chocolate dip, we have cheese dip.

  • Next we will pour the dip into the bowl.

  • Hope you like bean dip.

  • I also have some spinach dip which is amazing.

  • On the table are bowls of potato chips, dip, and sandwiches.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Clyde ordered French dip and his wife a Caesar.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Well, I hope you like garlic because I made these... Spanakopita appetizers, and there's a very spicy red garlic dip.

  • "That's a tahini- and tofu-based dip I whipped together," Stephanie said.

    Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

sauce
vsdip
569 1.0

A liquid served with food to add taste

is a thicker mixture used to put small pieces into before eating
bean dip
vsdip
5 1.1

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

is the general thick mixture people use to put small pieces into before eating
cheese dip
vsdip
1 1.1

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

is the general thick mixture people use to put small pieces into before eating

A sauce that tastes hot from spices for dipping food like chicken or dumplings

is the general thick mixture people use to put small pieces into before eating

Idioms

A humorous way to say you find a woman extremely attractive

To use someone else's ideas without giving them credit

Compounds

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

1 1.1

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

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

6.1

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

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 Thick

paste
68 1.0
spread
12 1.1
dip
68 1.0
sauce
569 1.0
dressing
8 1.0

Surface Forms

dip singular
dips plural

Etymology

Dip for a sauce comes from the action 'to dip' — you put food into the sauce and take it out. So a 'dip' is the thick sauce you use for dipping your food.