[noun] a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places Synonyms:pickpocket, cutpurse
[noun] tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
[noun] a brief immersion
[noun] a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall" Synonyms:drop, fall, free fall
[noun] a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
[noun] a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
[verb] immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint" Synonyms:dunk, souse, plunge, douse
[verb] dip into a liquid while eating; "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce" Synonyms:dunk
[verb] go down momentarily; "Prices dipped"
[verb] stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
[verb] switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam Synonyms:dim
[verb] lower briefly; "She dipped her knee"
[verb] appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line" Synonyms:sink
[verb] slope downwards; "Our property dips towards the river"
[verb] dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool" Synonyms:douse, duck
[verb] of candles; by dipping the wick into hot, liquid wax
[verb] immerse in a disinfectant solution; "dip the sheep"
[verb] scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface; "dip water out of a container"
