dip, n.
(dips)
(dips)
a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
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dip
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a brief swim in water
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dip plunge
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a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
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dip
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a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
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dip drop fall free fall
sample sentences
"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"
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a brief immersion
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dip
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tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
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dip
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a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
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cutpurse dip pickpocket
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(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
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angle of dip dip inclination magnetic dip magnetic inclination
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a depression in an otherwise level surface
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dip
sample sentences
"there was a dip in the road"
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