Definition: 1. To put something quickly into a liquid and take it out again. 2. A brief immersion. 3. Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate. 4. Go down momentarily.
Use 'dip' in a sentence:
1. Indeed, people tend to dip in and out of poverty, perhaps due to unexpected obstacles like losing a job, or when hours of a low-wage job fluctuate.
2. Maybe we could just buy some dips.
3. Universities are dipping their toes in the waters of management education.
4. Dip bread into egg mixture, coating thoroughly.
5. This may encourage gold traders to dip their toes back into the markets.
6. Ask the children to guess what's in each container by dipping their hands in.
7. As for us, we've started using our plane time as a work-free zone, and thus time to dip into the recovery phase.
8. I have only had time to dip into the report.
9. Spear a piece of fish with a carving fork and dip it in the batter.
10. There was also a dip in cases in Scotland.
11. Let's go for a dip before breakfast.
12. We took out a loan for the car because we didn't want to dip into our savings.
13. The wild weather did not deter some people from taking an unseasonable dip in the sea.
14. Dip into some salsa if desired.
15. She dipped a hand into the jar of sweets and pulled one out.
16. I noticed little things, a dip of the head, a twitch in the shoulder.
17. The road dipped suddenly as we approached the town.
18. The boat dipped below the surface of the water.
19. He gave a dip of his head.
20. It was the little things she gave me that let me feel warm, like letting me dip my fingers in the sugar bowl, letting me sip the coffee from her cup or allowing me to sit on the table as I had meals.
21. This picture shows the view from a car using normal dipped lights.
22. Dip the right end.
23. Puddles had formed in the dips.
24. The dip in prices this summer will be brutal.
25. The "double dip" recession.
26. Their father was helping to dip the sheep.
27. Just when she was ready to dip into her savings, Greg hastened to her rescue.
28. She reached out to dip her brush in some black paint.
29. Dismal economic findings have analysts fearing a double dip.
30. The president became more cautious as his popularity dipped.
31. They dip the food into the sauce.
32. As in the previous study, separate dip tests were applied to the 28 transfer responses of each participant.
33. He dipped his headlights for the oncoming traffic.
34. He saw birds come and dip their heads to drink in it and then flick their wings and fly away.
35. Me dip on God's side.
36. Wait for the next dip and jump in.
37. Don't dip you wounded hand into the water.
38. Could you mix up the eggs, milk, vanilla and cinnamon the night before? So all you have to do is dip bread in it for French toast the next morning.
39. Quickly dip the base in and out of cold water.
40. Unemployment dipped to 6.9 per cent last month.
41. Watch your fingers as you dip into the pot.
42. We could go dip ourselves in any color we wanted.
43. Sales in Japan will dip again.
44. The fruit had been dipped in chocolate.
45. Sales for this quarter have dipped from 38.7 million to 33 million.
46. He dipped the brush into the paint.
47. He dipped his brush in the paint.
48. Dip the bread briefly in water, then squeeze it dry.
49. The plane dipped its wings.
50. The left wing dipped until it was perpendicular to the ground.
51. Where the road makes a dip, soon after a small vineyard on the right, turn right.
52. The sun dipped below the horizon.
53. A brief dip into history serves to confirm this view.
54. Dip your hand in to see how hot the water is.
55. A flock of white birds dip over gray-tiled rooftops and persimmon trees.
