Dipping

What do we mean by dipping?

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.

Words that are spelled similarly to dipping:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word dipping:
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Words that rhyme with dipping:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe dipping:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective dipping:
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Consonant match to dipping:
doping, dapping, duping.

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