dip
- noun
- /dɪp/
- At the party, everyone enjoyed chips with a delicious guacamole dip.
- serve with dip
I also have some spinach dip which is amazing.
- I also have some spinach dip which is amazing.
- Football season is back, so that means chips and dip is back.
Examples
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Football season is back, so that means chips and dip is back.
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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.
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Next we will pour the dip into the bowl.
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Hope you like bean dip.
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I also have some spinach dip which is amazing.
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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.
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"That's a tahini- and tofu-based dip I whipped together," Stephanie said.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
A liquid served with food to add taste
A creamy spread of cooked beans and spices for eating with chips
A warm sauce of melted cheese served for dipping chips or bread
A sauce that tastes hot from spices for dipping food like chicken or dumplings
Idioms
A humorous way to say you find a woman extremely attractive
To use someone else's ideas without giving them credit
Compounds
- US
A cold creamy mixture of chopped clams and cream cheese eaten with crackers or chips
- Specialized
A small group of tiny manual controls on electronic devices that set options
How Thick
Surface Forms
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.