dip
noun/dɪp/
/dɪp/
- [countable, usually singular] (informal) a quick swim
- Let's go for a dip before breakfast.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- quick
- refreshing
- take
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- [countable] a decrease in the amount or success of something, usually for only a short period synonym fall
- Share prices have taken a slight dip.
- dip in something a sharp dip in profits
Extra ExamplesTopics Change, cause and effectc2, Moneyc2- The nation is experiencing an economic dip.
- a sharp dip in temperature
- the occasional dips in the market
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sharp
- slight
- sudden
- …
- suffer
- take
- experience
- …
- dip in
- [countable] a place where a surface suddenly drops to a lower level and then rises again
- a dip in the road
- The village lay in a dip among the hills.
- Puddles had formed in the dips.
- [countable, uncountable] a thick mixture into which pieces of food are dipped before being eatenTopics Foodc1
- [uncountable, countable] a liquid containing a chemical into which sheep and other animals can be dipped in order to kill insects on them see also sheep dip
- [singular] dip into something a quick look at something
- A brief dip into history serves to confirm this view.
- [countable, usually singular] a quick movement of something down and up
- He gave a dip of his head.
Word OriginOld English dyppan, of Germanic origin; related to deep.
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