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Added 9 October 2026

dip

/dɪp/ noun

In Latin: mergō, intingō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about dip at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A depression in an otherwise level surface.
there was a dip in the road
(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon.
A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places.

verb

Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.
dip the garment into the cleaning solution
Dip into a liquid while eating.
She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce
Go down momentarily.
Prices dipped

Origin

From Middle English dippen, from Old English dyppan, from Proto-West Germanic *duppjan, from Proto-Germanic *dupjaną; see *daupijaną (“to dip”). Related to deep.

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