dipping

Meanings

Verb

• Present participle of dip

Noun

• An act or process of immersing.
• The act of inclining downward.
• The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like.
• The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, especially brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.
• The use of dipping tobacco (moist snuff) in the mouth, usually between the lip and gum or cheek and gum in the lower or upper part of the mouth.
• The act or fact of missing out on seeing a bird.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• double-dipping