Dip
61dip — i. The angle between the local horizon and the lines of force of the terrestrial magnetic field. Its value is maximum near the poles. Also called a magnetic dip, magnetic latitude, or magnetic inclination. ii. The angle between a magnetic compass …
62dip — 1. to steal Literally, to put into liquid, which involves a downward movement, and so a dip or dipper is a pickpocket: Dipping, lifting money out of a mug s pocket. (Kersh, 1936) Twenty years of muggers and dips, safe men and… …
63dip — verb (dips, dipping, dipped) 1》 (dip something in/into) put or let something down quickly or briefly in or into (liquid). ↘make (a candle) by immersing a wick repeatedly in hot wax. 2》 sink, drop, or slope downwards. ↘(of a level or… …
64dip — 1. verb 1) he dipped a rag in the water Syn: immerse, submerge, plunge, dunk, bathe, sink 2) the sun dipped below the horizon Syn: sink, set, drop, fall, descend …
65Dip. — abbr. Diploma. * * * abbrev Diploma, as in eg Dip. Ed. Diploma in Education, Dip. Tech. Diploma in Technology, Dip. SW Diploma in Social Work * * * dip. abbreviation diploma Thesaurus: degrees and other academic qualificationshyponym * * * abbr.… …
66dip — 1. noun /dɪp/ a) A lower section of a road or geological feature. There is a dip in the road ahead. b) A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals t …
67dip — Synonyms and related words: acid bath, alveolation, alveolus, antrum, apply paint, armpit, ascend, asperge, attrition, bail, bank, baptism, baptize, basin, bath, bayberry candle, beat the drum, bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmear, bougie, bowl,… …
68dip — I. n 1. a fool. This word, first heard in the 1970s, is either a back formation from dippy or a short form of dipstick or dipshit. ► All those people out there, they re just complete dips. (Recorded, American teenager, London, 1988) 2. a… …
69dip — [OE] Like deep, dip comes ultimately from a Germanic base *d(e)up ‘deep, hollow’. The derived verb, *dupjan, produced Old English dyppan, ancestor of modern English dip. It originally meant quite specifically ‘immerse’ in Old English, sometimes… …
70dip — [1] A British term for dimming the headlights. [2] A low horizontal indentation of the pavement which may cause a speeding vehicle to lose control. [3] To immerse. See full dip treatment hot dip …
