dips

noun

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

a brief swim in water

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

a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

a brief immersion

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

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

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

a depression in an otherwise level surface

verb

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

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

immerse in a disinfectant solution

place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax

dip into a liquid

slope downwards

appear to move downward

lower briefly

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

take a small amount from

stain an object by immersing it in a liquid

go down momentarily

dip into a liquid while eating

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

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