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dippy

dippy

1 7.5
Soft and runny so you can dip food into it
  • adjective
  • /ˈdɪpi/
  • Informal
translation icon : blando
  • At the brunch, everyone raved about the delicious dippy eggs served with fresh bread.

Examples

  • Many people enjoy dipping toast into their soft, dippy eggs for breakfast.

  • Oh my goodness, does anyone else just die for dippy eggs and soldiers?

  • I'm going for some dippy eggs and a smoothie.

  • In this room I'm going to make us all some dippy eggs because I was inspired by Sean's breakfast yesterday.

  • She prefers her eggs dippy so she can dip her toast in them.

Synonyms

runny
vsdippy
34 1.0

More liquid than normal so it flows or drips easily

is soft enough to coat food when briefly immersed for eating
liquidy
vsdippy
1 4.0

Thin and watery, like a sauce or paint that does not stick

is thick or soft enough to cling to food instead of pouring away

Antonyms

solid
325 1.0

Firm and hard so it keeps its shape, not liquid

How Dippable

liquid
259 1.0
runny
34 1.0
dippy
  • Informal
1 7.5
spreadable
1 2.5
firm
30 1.0
dry
27 1.0

Surface Forms

dippy positive
dippier comparative
dippiest superlative

Morphology

dippy = dip (transparent) = dip + y

Standard adjectival formation from 'dip' with '-y', meaning suitable for dipping; directly inferable from the base.

Etymology

Dippy (suitable for dipping) comes from the verb dip 'to put into a liquid' plus the ending -y that makes an adjective 'like' or 'full of'. So a dippy sauce is one that is easy to dip into, which explains its meaning of being soft or runny enough for dipping.