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dip

dip

4 6.1
An exercise where you lower and raise your body with your arms
  • noun
  • /dɪp/
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  • She demonstrated a perfect dip on the equipment, showcasing her gymnastic skills.
  • triceps dip
  • tricep dip
  • pull-ups and dips

I'll bring some jump rope and I'll do some pull ups, push ups, dips, all that stuff.

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Examples

  • I'm going to do some dips, but I don't want to overdo it.

  • I'll bring some jump rope and I'll do some pull ups, push ups, dips, all that stuff.

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  • But how can you do dips in your own home, I hear you ask?!

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  • Try adding weight to the dips as well.

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  • I do tricep dips on a park bench when we go to the park.

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  • So I did a little bit of VR workout and then I did some dips, some squats, some reverse lunges, miserable leg stuff.

  • To build strength in your arms, perform a dip on the parallel bars by lowering and raising your body.

  • During gym class, we practiced our dips on the bars, seeing who could do the most.

Antonyms

12 1.0

An act of raising something or a movement upward

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

Surface Forms

dip singular
dips plural

Etymology

Dips for the exercise comes from the action of lowering and raising the body, like 'to dip' down and push up. That is why 'dips' are the arm and chest moves where you lower your body and lift it again.