dips
/dɪps/
dips is the plural of dip.
dips is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dip.
Meaning of dip
Noun
dip (countable and uncountable, plural dips)
- A lower section of a road or geological feature.
- There is a dip in the road ahead.
- Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
- The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
- With his precious charge / Embark'd, Sinicus gently ſteers along; / The dip of oars in uniſon awake / Without alarming ſilence; […]a. 1786, [Richard Glover], “Book the Seventh”, in [Mrs. Halsey], editor, The Athenaid, a Poem, […], volume I, London: […] T[homas] Cadell, […], published 1787, →OCLC, page 184, lines 293–296
- A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
- A dip stick.
- A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
- I’m going for a dip before breakfast.
Noun (1) capitalized: DIPS
DIPS pl (plural only)
- Initialism of defense-independent pitching statistics.
Noun (2) capitalized: DIPs
DIPs
- plural of DIP
Phrases with dips
- dips out
- hip dips
- lab dips
- tin dips
- bean dips
- dips into
- bunny dips
- chili dips
- elbow dips
- lucky dips
- Texas dips
- double dips
23 more phrasesFewer phrases
- French dips
- skinny dips
- buy the dips
- Russian dips
- saveloy dips
- spinach dips
- buys the dips
- farthing dips
- magnetic dips
- slippery dips
- bought the dips
- buying the dips
- dips a toe into
- dips one's wick
- impossible dips
- polar bear dips
- polar-bear dips
- seven-layer dips
- dips one's toe in
- postprandial dips
- dips one's finger in
- dips one's toe in the water
- dips one's pen in someone's inkwell
Words that rhyme with dips
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Questions about dips
- What is dips the plural of?
- Dips is the plural of dip.
- What part of speech is dips?
- Dips is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dips?
- Dips is pronounced /dɪps/.
Words near dips in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dips (page history and authors); DIPS (page history and authors); DIPs (page history and authors); dip (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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