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dipsnoun1pl. of dip a downward slopemarathoners have one last dip before the race course levels off and the finish line comes into view declensions, declines, declivities, descents, downgrades, downhills, falls, hangings, hangs basins, depressions, hollows acclivities, ascents, rises, upgrades, uphills, uprises glacis, grades, gradients, hills, inclinations, inclines, leans, pitches, rakes, tilts the act or process of going to a lower level or altitudethe city's population has taken a slight dip since the last census descents, dives, downs, drops, falls, nosedives, plunges comedowns, declines, downfalls, downgrades ascents, climbs, rises, risings, soarings, upswings, upturns advances, headways, progresses, progressionsbetterments, improvements dipsnoun2pl. of dipa stupid personhow did that dip get through medical school? airheads, birdbrains, blockheads, boneheads, bubbleheads, chowderheads, chuckleheads, clodpolls(or clodpoles), clots(British), clucks, clunks, cretins, cuddies(British dialect), deadheads, dim bulbs(slang), dimwits, dodoes(or dodos), dolts, donkeys, doofuses(also dufuses, slang), dopes, dorks(slang), dullards, dumbbells, dumbheads, dum-dums, dummies, dummkopfs, dunces, dunderheads, fatheads, ganders, golems, goofs, goons, half-wits, hammerheads, hardheads, idiots, ignoramuses(also ignorami), imbeciles, jackasses, know-nothings, knuckleheads, lamebrains, loggerheads(chiefly dialect), loons, lumps, lunkheads, meatheads, momes(archaic), morons, mugs(chiefly British), mutts, naturals, nimrods(slang), nincompoops, ninnies, ninnyhammers, nits(chiefly British), nitwits, noddies, noodles, numskulls(or numbskulls), oafs, pinheads, prats(British), ratbags(chiefly Australian), sapheads, schlubs(also shlubs, slang), schnooks(slang), simpletons, stocks, stupes, stupids, thickheads, turkeys, woodenheads, yahoos, yo-yos boobies, buffoons, fools, geese, loonies, lunatics, madmen, nuts, zanieslosersgawksfeatherbrains, scatterbrainsbeasts, boors, cads, churls, clowns, creeps, curs, heels, jerks, skunks(also skunk), snakes, stinkers, villains dumb clucks brains, geniuses(or genii) eggheads, intellects, intellectuals, sages, thinkers, whizzes, wizardspolymaths, Renaissance mensharpies dipsverbpresent tense third-person singular of dipto sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquidfirst dip a paper towel in water she dipped a hand into her pocket and pulled out a piece of candy douses(also dowses), ducks, dunks, immerses, sops, souses, submerges, submerses bathes, moistens, soaks, steeps, wetsdrenches, drowns, floodsdives, plunges, thrusts to lift out with something that holds liquidcarefully dipped water from the bucket to the kettle buckets, lades, ladles, scoops, spoons bailsdepletes, drains, eliminates, empties, exhaustsbleeds, draws (off)dishesslopsdecants, draws, pumps, siphons(also syphons), suctions poursfills to go to a lower level especially abruptlythe temperature dipped a bit in the evening crashes, craters, declines, descends, dives, drops, falls, lowers, nose-dives, plummets, plunges, sinks, skids, tumbles abates, decreases, de-escalates, dies (down), diminishes, droops, dwindles, ebbs, lessens, lets up, moderates, subsides, tapers off, wanesrecedes, retreats arises, ascends, lifts, mounts, rises, soars, spikes, ups accumulates, balloons, builds, burgeons(also bourgeons), enlarges, escalates, expands, grows, increases, intensifies, mushrooms, picks up, snowballs, swells, waxes to lead or extend downwardslow down, the road dips here declines, descends, drops, falls, plunges, sinks angles, cants, cocks, heels, inclines, leans, lists, reclines, slants, slopes, tilts, tips arises, ascends, climbs, mounts, rises, uprises, upsweeps, upturns evens, flattens, levels, planes, smooths(also smoothes), straightens to take a quick or hasty lookI dipped into the book, but I didn't have a chance to study it thoroughly browses, glances, glimpses, glints, peeks, skims keeks(chiefly Scottish), peepsblinks, squintslooks over, peruses, rakes, scans gazes, stares examines, overlooks, oversees, questions, surveysstudies, viewspeers, priesgawks, goggles, rubbernecksleers, ogles |