v. 1 immerse, plunge, duck, dunk, douse, bathe, submerge He dipped each dish into the soapy water 2 decline, go down, fall, descend, sag, sink, subside, slump The road dips after the next curve The price of shares has dipped again. 3 dip in or into. dabble in, play at; skim, scan I haven't had time to read it, but I dipped into it here and there
n. 4 swim, plunge; immersion; Brit bathe We are going for a dip in the pool before dinner 5 lowering, sinking, depression, drop, slump, decline This dip in the price of oil means nothing