Clues for the word "DIP"
We've had 294 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 740 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on January 16, 2026.
Definition of dip
- v. t. - To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.
- v. t. - To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion.
- v. t. - To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
- v. t. - To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
- v. t. - To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; -- often with out; as, to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water.
- v. t. - To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
- v. i. - To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
- v. i. - To perform the action of plunging some receptacle, as a dipper, ladle. etc.; into a liquid or a soft substance and removing a part.
- v. i. - To pierce; to penetrate; -- followed by in or into.
- v. i. - To enter slightly or cursorily; to engage one's self desultorily or by the way; to partake limitedly; -- followed by in or into.
- v. i. - To incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip.
- v. i. - To dip snuff.
- n. - The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
- n. - Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
- n. - A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon.
- n. - A dipped candle.
Referring Clues
- Short swim
- Quick swim
- Immerse
- Tango maneuver
- Dance maneuver
- Hors d'oeuvre item
- Party staple
- Fondue, for one
- Party preparation
- Chip's partner
- Artful Dodger, e.g.
- Dance move
- Potato chip accompaniment
- Move in a ballroom
- Dance flourish
- Pickpocket, in slang
- Downturn
- Minor market fluctuation
- Guacamole, for one
- Decline
- Plunge
- Slight downturn
- Ballroom dance move
- Chips go-with
- Dunk
- Salsa or guacamole
- Double ___
- Vegetable tray center filler
- Accompaniment for chips, often
- Tango move
- Show-offish dance maneuver
- Scoop of ice cream
- Minor decline
- Onion soup concoction
- Pool quickie
- Chip topper
- Tango finale
- Brief plunge in the pool
- "Dancing With The Stars" move
- Pinch between the cheek and gum
- Lower the standard?
- Stupid person
- Cocktail party bowlful
- Chip go-with
- Onion ___
- Temporary falloff
- Turn down
- Brief swim
- Party bowlful
- Parallel bars exercise
- Crudités accompanier
- Parallel bars maneuver
- Cocktail party mix
- Hors d'oeuvres mixture
- Road irregularity
- Do fondue
- Pool experience
- Fall off
- French ___ (sort of sandwich)
- Sour-cream creation
- Lower and raise
- Salsa, for nachos
- Road depression
- Showy dance maneuver
- Brief pool plunge
- Roller coaster feature
- Chip complement
- Go down momentarily
- Salsa, e.g.
- Party snack
- Guacamole or fondue
- Ladle out
- Cocktail-party bowlful
- Make caramel apples
- It's in the center of a vegetable tray
- Party fare
- Salsa, for one
- Word after skinny or salsa
- Potato-chip topping
- Time in a pool
- Ballroom dancing move
- Feature of many a ballroom dance
- Go down a bit
- Ballroom dance maneuver
- Bash bowlful
- Make candles
- Chew
- Onion ___
- Party mix
- Slight decrease
- French ___ (sort of sandwich)
- It's often near crackers or carrots
- Minor downturn
- Ladle
- Swim
- Ballroom move
- Scoop out
- Fondue feature
- Slight decline
- French ___
- Roller coaster element
- Go down slightly
- Brief drop
- Party dish
- Ballroom maneuver
- Chip accessory
- Pickpocket
- Chips accessory
- Plunge into
- Chips' enhancer
- Potato-chip enhancement
- Crackers' partner
- Tangoers' move
- Chip enhancer
- Use a ladle
- Bathe
- One goes into 47-Across
- Chips' go-with
- Fiesta bowl?
- Fancy dance move
- See 28-Down
- Tostitos bowl?
- Scoopful
- Salsa, e.g., or a salsa dancing move
- Guacamole, often
- Brief downturn
- Pool entry?
- Small decrease
- Pistachio portion
- Hummus
- Highway caution
- Small decline
- Chip's companion
- Veggies go-with, perhaps
- Hummus, e.g.
- A few minutes in the pool, say
- Pickpocket, slangily
- Skinny-___
- Mix for a mixer
- Ice-cream serving
- Skinny ___
- Chips' accompaniment
- Commit a chip-eating faux pas
- Snack table bowlful
- Reason for a road warning
- Start of a bear market
- Sherbet scoop
- Guacamole, e.g.
- Cracker spread
- Chip scoopful
- Dancing maneuver
- Appetizer selection
- Chip spread
- Party appetizer
- Immerse briefly
- Super Bowl party bowl
- Party tray food
- Stock market fluctuation
- Veggie tray item
- Guacamole or salsa
- Salsa, for instance
- Quick jump in the pool
- Go down
- Slight depression
- Drop down
- Bad news in the polls
- Quick pool excursion
- Party spread
- Double-___ recession
- Ice cream amount
- Depression
- Chip sauce
- Submerge
- Chip's mate
- Sauce for vegetables
- Chips and ___
- Party food near the chips
- A few laps, maybe
- Brief immersion that may be lucky?
- Hummus, for one
- Easy addition to a potluck party
- Spinach or onion, e.g.
- Ballroom bend
- Chip's target
- Might do it to your dance partner
- Sudden sharp decrease in quantity
- See 21
- What shady manager will do into funds
- Classic dance move
- Relish decline
- A little food taken at the beach
- Pickpocket's chance to get lucky?
- On the quiet, many take the plunge
- Lucky pickpocket?
- Letter to a police inspector from a pickpocket
- To go down can be lucky!
- Take the plunge _ it may be lucky!
- Slope downwards
- Tango motion
- Skoal product
- Chip coating
- Savory bowlful
- Skinny-___ (swim in the nude)
- A pickpocket may be lucky
- I would take back pawn with pawn ...
- Chips and ___ (party snack)
- Stick in the ranch
- Dramatic ballroom dance move
- Fast swim
- Quick plunge
- Rocky road serving
- Word with party or skinny
- Brief immersion that may be lucky?
- Bathe with a girl on the quiet
- Wings accompaniment
- Tangoing move
- Small falloff
- Vegetable tray condiment
- Take the plunge
- Take the plunge with a girl on the quiet
- Flashy dance maneuver
- Hummus or salsa, e.g.
- Nacho cheese, e.g.
- Filling for a party bowl
- Party concoction
- Elegant dance floor move
- Pickpocket soft on a police inspector
- Plunge into a liquid
- Stick in a chocolate fountain
- Slight market slide
- Appetizer bowlful
- Portion of pistachio
- Apt move when dancing the salsa?
- Plunge into something to savour
- Slope down
- Queso, for one
- Stick a chip in this
- Scoop
- French or artichoke condiment
- That lucky pickpocket?
- Word after "bean" or "skinny"
- Showy dance move
- Douse
- Temporary downturn
- Possibly lucky girl, on the quiet
- Submerse
- Plié, in ballet
- Guac or queso
- Double-___ (commit a party foul)
- Hummus or guacamole
- Sour cream concoction
- Word after "onion" or "cheese"
- Super Bowl party bowlful
- Minor market move
- Baba ghanouj, e.g.
- Pickpocket's chance to get lucky?
- Dive
- Tango flourish
- Leave inconspicuously, with "out"
- Hummus or ssamjang
- Lucky pickpocket?
- Immerse in sauce
- Cocktail party staple
- Put a carrot in ranch
- Part of many a ballroom dance
- Dramatic tango move
- Mutabal or queso, e.g.
- Type of ice-cream scoop
- Salsa is one
- Hummus or queso
- Ballroom dancer's smooth move
- Guacamole, for example
- Some smokeless tobacco
- Baba ghanoush, e.g.
- Guacamole or tahini
- Tapenade, e.g.
- Swing dance move
- Dance floor flourish
- Veggie tray accompaniment
- Nam chim or guacamole
- Duck sauce for egg rolls, e.g.
- Crudité go-with
- Dramatic salsa move
- Queso or tzatziki
- Tahini or salsa
- Bodyweight exercise
- Cautionary sign indicating a low point in the road
- Guacamole or hummus
- ___ powder (manicure type)
- Source of distress for a bull
- Salsa, or a salsa move
- Nam phrik or queso
- Guacamole or baba ghanoush
- "When I ___, you ___, we ___" (lyric from a Freak Nasty hit)
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