Dip

dip, v. t. [dipped (dipt) or dipt, dipping.] To immerse in a fluid and withdraw again; to plunge, sun, cube, full; moon, fo~6t; cow, oil; as into difficulty, engage; to take out by immersing and removing again some receptacle, as a ladle, pail, etc. — v. i. To immerse one's self; to remove something, by immersing and withdrawing; a receptacle; to thrust in and partake; to enter slightly or cursorily; to incline downward. — n. Action of dipping,; or of plunging for a moment into a liquid; inclination downward; slope; pitch; sauce to be dipped out with a spoon; a dipped candle. — Dip'per, n. One who, or that which, etc.; a ve el for dipping liquids. {Ornith.) A small diving bird, resembling the blackbird; the dabchick, a N. Amer. grebe; also, the spirit-duck, of N. Amer. {Astron.) The 7 principal stars in the constellation of the Great Bear,— arranged in the form of a dipper.