Dipped

Word DIPPED
Character 6
Hyphenation dipped
Pronunciations /dɪpt/

Definitions and meanings of "Dipped"

What do we mean by dipped?

To lower into a liquid.

To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.

(of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.

To lower a light's beam.

To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.

To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.

To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.

To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.

To immerse for baptism.

To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.

To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.

To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.

To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.

To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.

To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.

To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.

To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)

To lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music.

To leave.

To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.

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The word "dipped" in example sentences

A Behanding in Spokane - a play with a title dipped in McDonagh's characteristic dark comedy - opens March 4 after previews from Feb. 15 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A Behanding in Spokane - a play with a title dipped in McDonagh's characteristic dark comedy - begins Feb. 15 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. ❋ Unknown (2010)

However, the company admitted that operating margin dipped from 11.1% last year to 10.7% in the first half of this year, blaming "some erosion from Asia and Australasia". ❋ Mark Sweney (2010)

I note that our Prime Minister, who came to vowing to mark the end of celebrity culture, has once again dipped his toe into celebrity waters. ❋ Not A Sheep (2009)

The only thing that changes with the flavor of truffle being dipped is the decoration. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Why don't you eat?" he demanded, as Martin dipped dolefully into the cold, half-cooked oatmeal mush. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Utah's lead never again dipped below seven and Kirilenko capped the quarter with a dunk to push the Jazz advantage to 79-64. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Oklahoma City coach Scott Brooks again dipped deeper into his bench, with good results. ❋ Unknown (2008)

An all-around weapon, Bush's production dipped from a decent rookie campaign. ❋ Unknown (2008)

As a follow-up punch, Blumenthal again dipped directly into the "vast right wing conspiracy" by retrieving and circulating an article from the current issue of National Review - the staunchly conservative opinion journal founded by William F. Buckley. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Coach Rick Stansbury once again dipped into the Tennessee-based Mid State Ballerz travel squad to secure a verbal commitment from 6-foot-5 small forward Hopson. ❋ Unknown (2007)

For a quarterback who has worked hard to get better each season, what hurt most was a completion percentage that dipped from a career-best 65.5% to 56.6% and an interception total that rose from nine to 15. ❋ Unknown (2007)

* What we were pretty sure was cooked chicken brain dipped in raw egg. ❋ Unknown (2006)

What more he would have said is unknown to land or sea or bathing machines; for having reached the word dipped, he commenced such a rolling fire of ❋ Thomas De Quincey (1822)

Somerset's hopes of a first LV County Championship title dipped when they were bowled out for only 202 by Lancashire on a grassy Taunton pitch. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Senator John McCain dipped in and out yesterday at the big bikers’ rally in Sturgis, S.D., to the roar of motorcycles and the admiration of veterans in attendance. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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