Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of plunging or immersing.
- noun Specifically Baptism by immersion.
- noun The process of brightening ornamental brass-work, usually by first “pickling” it in dilute nitric acid, next scouring it with sand and water, and afterward plunging it for an instant only in a bath consisting of pure nitric acid.
- noun A composition of boiled oil and grease, used in Scotland by curriers for softening leather and making it more fit for resisting dampness: in England called
dubbing . - noun The washing of sheep to cleanse the fleece before shearing.
- noun In ceramics, the process of coating a coarse clay body with enamel or slip of a fine quality by plunging the vessel into the liquid material for the coating, or of covering stoneware with a glaze.
- noun A mode of taking snuff by rubbing it on the teeth and gums. See
to dip snuff , under dip, V. t.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of immersing.
- noun The act of inclining downward.
- noun The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like.
- noun The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, esp. brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.
- noun U.S. The practice of taking snuff by rubbing the teeth or gums with a stick or brush dipped in snuff.
- noun a magnetic needle suspended at its center of gravity, and moving freely in a vertical plane, so as to indicate on a graduated circle the magnetic dip or inclination.
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- verb Present participle of
dip .
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Examples
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In response to my surprise, my father said, "I have heard of this before; it is what they call the dipping of the needle."
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Seems to me that part of the attraction of skinny-dipping is the element of excitement at the possibility of being discovered so, you may be the 'icing' on the cake, so to speak.
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Downloading can be looked at as a way of battling double/triple dipping from the studios.
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Dr. Steven Duckor, a famous and very accomplished collector, agrees that “dipping is not in any way ‘coin doctoring,’ though [Duckor] personally would never [deliberately] buy a dipped coin nor would [he] dip a coin”!
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Runners hit the wall when they burn through their on-board carbohydrates and begin dipping into fat reserves.
The Week in Ideas 2010
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As you can probably see, they're not made of the sturdiest of material and in some ares the shelves are dipping from the excessive weight.
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Seems to me that part of the attraction of skinny-dipping is the element of excitement at the possibility of being discovered so, you may be the 'icing' on the cake, so to speak.
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Summer Rolls with Shrimp and Peanut/Hoisin dipping sauce.
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CNN Poll: Favorable view of Palin dipping Americans appear to be souring on Sarah Palin, according to a new national poll.
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