DIPPING - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

a depression in an otherwise level surface

Example: there was a dip in the road

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Noun

a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Noun

a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Noun

a brief swim in water

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Noun

a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

Example: a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index; there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery; a dip in prices; when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Noun

a brief immersion

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Noun

tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped

Meaning 10

Part of speech: Verb

dip into a liquid while eating

Example: She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce

Meaning 11

Part of speech: Verb

scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface

Example: dip water out of a container

Meaning 12

Part of speech: Verb

immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

Example: dip the garment into the cleaning solution; dip the brush into the paint

Meaning 13

Part of speech: Verb

plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container

Example: He dipped into his pocket

Meaning 14

Part of speech: Verb

immerse in a disinfectant solution

Example: dip the sheep

Meaning 15

Part of speech: Verb

place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax

Meaning 16

Part of speech: Verb

dip into a liquid

Example: He dipped into the pool

Meaning 17

Part of speech: Verb

slope downwards

Example: Our property dips towards the river

Meaning 18

Part of speech: Verb

appear to move downward

Example: The sun dipped below the horizon; The setting sun sank below the tree line

Meaning 19

Part of speech: Verb

lower briefly

Example: She dipped her knee

Meaning 20

Part of speech: Verb

switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

Meaning 21

Part of speech: Verb

take a small amount from

Example: I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present

Meaning 22

Part of speech: Verb

stain an object by immersing it in a liquid

Meaning 23

Part of speech: Verb

go down momentarily

Example: Prices dipped