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I. verb see: tinge Date: 1919 transitive verb to dip (as a piece of bread) into a beverage while eating, to dip or submerge temporarily in liquid, to throw (a basketball) into the basket from above the rim, intransitive verb to submerge oneself in water, to make a ~ shot in basketball, II. noun Date: circa 1944 the act or action of ~ing