Clues for the word "DIP"

We've had 296 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 758 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on July 19, 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.