Definition of dips

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  • dips is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
  • dips is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
  • dips is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8

Definition of dips

  • appear to move downward (verb)

    Examples

    1. The sun dipped below the horizon

    Synonyms

    1. sink
  • switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. dim
  • dip into a liquid while eating (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. dunk
  • a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity (noun)

    Examples

    1. a dip in prices

    Synonyms

    1. drop
    2. fall
    3. free fall
  • immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate (verb)

    Examples

    1. dip the garment into the cleaning solution
    2. dip the brush into the paint

    Synonyms

    1. douse
    2. dunk
    3. plunge
    4. souse
  • a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. cutpurse
    2. pickpocket
  • dip into a liquid (verb)

    Examples

    1. He dipped into the pool

    Synonyms

    1. douse
    2. duck
  • (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. angle of dip
    2. inclination
    3. magnetic dip
    4. magnetic inclination
  • a brief swim in water (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. plunge
  • a brief immersion (noun)
  • a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow (noun)
  • a depression in an otherwise level surface (noun)

    Examples

    1. there was a dip in the road
  • a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms (noun)
  • go down momentarily (verb)

    Examples

    1. Prices dipped
  • immerse in a disinfectant solution (verb)

    Examples

    1. dip the sheep
  • lower briefly (verb)

    Examples

    1. She dipped her knee
  • place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax (verb)
  • plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container (verb)

    Examples

    1. He dipped into his pocket
  • scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface (verb)

    Examples

    1. dip water out of a container
  • slope downwards (verb)

    Examples

    1. Our property dips towards the river
  • stain an object by immersing it in a liquid (verb)
  • take a small amount from (verb)

    Examples

    1. I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present
  • tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped (noun)

See definition of dips in Merriam Webster