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dip

verb
  1. immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
    “dip the garment into the cleaning solution”
    dunk
  2. to plunge one's hand or a receptacle into a container
    “I dipped into my pocket to retrieve my wallet.”
  3. immerse in a disinfectant solution
    “dip the sheep”
  4. place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
  5. to partially or totally submerge into a liquid
    “They dipped into the pool.”
    duckdouse
  6. slope downwards
    “Our property dips towards the river”
  7. appear to move downward
    “The sun dipped below the horizon”
    sink
  8. lower briefly
    “I dipped my knee.”
  9. switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
    dim
  10. take a small amount from
    “I had to dip into my savings to buy holiday presents.”
  11. stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
  12. go down momentarily
    “Prices dipped”
  13. dip into a liquid while eating
    dunk
  14. scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
    “dip water out of a container”
noun
  1. a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
  2. a brief swim in water
    plunge
  3. a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
  4. a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
    fall
  5. a brief immersion
  6. tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
  7. a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
    pickpocketcutpurse
  8. (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
    inclination
  9. a depression in an otherwise level surface
    “there was a dip in the road”