Dipped

Definition: Dipped

Dipped

Adjective

1. Having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "dipped" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Synonyms: Dipped

Crosswords: Dipped

I don't use a pen. I write with a goose quill dipped in venom (Laura; writing credit: Vera Caspary; Jay Dratler)

You and Maggie skinny dipped, huh (Northern Exposure; writing credit: Khadijah Hashim)

I feel like someone dipped me in used cooking oil. (River's Edge; writing credit: Neal Jimenez)

And they'll watch the game and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters (Field of Dreams; writing credit: Phil Alden Robinson)

Your hat strategically dipped below one eye (YOU'RE SO VAIN; performing artist: Carly Simon)

Mr. Dippy Dipped (1913)

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Books

• Dipped in Shadow (reference)

• Fire Works, Hand Dipped Ice Cream, Live Bait and Jesus Saves (reference)

• Letters Dipped in Honey: Jewish Children's Literature from the Moldovan Family Collection (reference)

• Love Dipped in Blackness (reference)

  (more book examples)

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The net is now on board and the operation of collecting the fish has begun. The large basket in the upper left is dipped repeatedly into the water to bring the fish on to the boat. Credit: Fisheries.

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She went to the stove and dipped a cloth in the heating dishwater

It was as good when a week old as the day it was dipped, and had no taste of the pump

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Health

A strip of chemically treated paper will change color when dipped in urine that has too much protein. (references)

Business

In recent years, in the face of increased competition, the U.S. market share of U.K. long-haul travel has dipped, but as of 1998 it was on the rise again. (references)

Single vitamins account for some 15 percent of the market; however, sales have dipped since 1996 in favor of multivitamins, which consumers find more convenient. (references)

Economic History

Pakistan

Average real GDP growth from 1992 to 1998 dipped to 4.1 percent annually. (references)

Guyana

Growth was consistently above 6% until 1995 when it dipped to 5.1%. The government reported that the economy grew at a rate of 7.9% in 1996, 6.2% in 1997, and fell 1.3% in 1998. The 1999 growth rate was 3%. The unofficial growth rate in 2000 was 0.5%. (references)

Hong Kong

Unemployment dipped to 4.3 percent in late 2000, but along with the slowdown in the economy, has risen slightly to 4.6 percent in March-May, 2001. Hong Kong's labor force continues to grow, largely as a result of inflows of returning emigrants, immigrants from Mainland China, and other foreign workers. (references)

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Expressions using "dipped": cursor dipped in X ♦ Dipped candle ♦ dipped dressed ♦ dipped headlight ♦ dipped headlights. Additional references.

Beginning with "dipped": dipped-back, dipped-beam.

Ending with "dipped": tin-dipped.

Albanian

i zhytur (abstracted, deep, immersed, intent, lost, plunged, rapt, submerged, sunk, sunken). (various references)

Arabic 

‏منحدر (aslope, chute, decline, declivity, descending, descent, downgrade, downhill, downward, inclined, slanted, slope, sloped, sloping, talus). (various references)

Chinese 

浸洗 (Dipping). (various references)

Danish

talgimpraegneret laeder (dipped dressed), skaevt mundstykke (cocked finish, dipped finish, set-over finish, slack finish, tilted finish). (various references)

Dutch

onvolledig gevormde koprand (cocked finish, dipped finish, set-over finish, slack finish, tilted finish), ingebrand leder (dipped dressed). (various references)

Finnish

vino suu (cocked finish, dipped finish, set-over finish, slack finish, tilted finish), valunut suu (cocked finish, dipped finish, set-over finish, slack finish, tilted finish), rasvapoltettu nahka (dipped dressed), lähivalot (dipped lights), lähitulevaisuus (dipped lights), kuumarasvattu nahka (dipped dressed), kiero suu (cocked finish, dipped finish, set-over finish, slack finish, tilted finish). (various references)

French

détermination du taux d'étamage du fer blanc etamé � chaud par la méthode dite � trois éprouvettes ( méthode arbitrale ) ou par la méthode dite � deux éprouvettes ( contrôles courants ) (determination of amount of tin on hot dipped tinplate by the so-called three test piece method ( arbitration method ) or by the so-called two test piece method ( standard method )), projecteur-code (dimmed headlamp, dipped headlamp), cuir en suif (dipped dressed), codes (dipped headlights), bague déformée (dipped finish). (various references)

German

getunkt, eingetaucht (dipped into). (various references)

Greek 

κακοσχηματισμένο στόμιο (cocked finish, dipped finish, set-over finish, slack finish, tilted finish), δέρμα εμποτισμένο με θερμό λίπος (dipped dressed). (various references)

Hebrew 

טבול (dipping, immersed). (various references)

Hungarian

tompított fény (low beam). (various references)

Indonesian

cuat (be dipped, spring back). (various references)

Italian

anabbagliante (dipped headlight, low-beam headlight). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�'�焼き (dojou or unagi dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

かばやき (dojou or unagi dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce). (various references)

Korean 

담그�". (various references)

Pig Latin

ippedday.(various references)

Portuguese

determinação da taxa de estanhagem da folha-de-flandres estanhada a quente pelo método designado de três provetes(método arbitral)ou pelo método designado de dois provetes(controlos correntes) (determination of amount of tin on hot dipped tinplate by the so-called three test piece method ( arbitration method ) or by the so-called two test piece method ( standard method )), marisa deformada (cocked finish, dipped finish, set-over finish, slack finish, tilted finish), couro engordurado em imersão (dipped dressed), boquilha deformada (cocked finish, dipped finish, set-over finish, slack finish, tilted finish). (various references)

Spanish

determinación de la cantidad de estaño de una hojalata, estañada en caliente, mediante el método de triple muestra (método arbitral) y por el método de doble muestra (ensayos de rutina) (determination of amount of tin on hot dipped tinplate by the so-called three test piece method ( arbitration method ) or by the so-called two test piece method ( standard method )), engrasado por inmersión (dipped dressed). (various references)

Swedish

skev mynning (cocked finish, dipped finish, set-over finish, slack finish, tilted finish), läder som behandlats med smält fett (dipped dressed). (various references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "dipped": redipped. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Dipped" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adipadi, daped, deped, depipped, deppei, diaped, dipe, dipel, dipie, dipod, Dippa, Dippel, Dipteb, Edippo, jipped. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: piped.

-2 letters: died, pied, pipe.

-3 letters: did, die, dip, ped, pep, pie, pip.

-4 letters: de, ed, id, pe, pi.

+1 letter: dripped.

+2 letters: didapper, redipped.

+3 letters: didappers, dipeptide, kidnapped.

+4 letters: airdropped, dipeptides, dispeopled.

+5 letters: dipeptidase, disappeared, disapproved, handicapped, predisposed, pseudopodia, sideslipped, sidestepped.