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double-dip

double-dip noun: an ice cream cone with two scoops of ice cream. Also the ellipsis of double-dip recession.

Noun

double-dip (plural double-dips)

  1. (informal) An ice cream cone with two scoops of ice cream.
    • We each got double-dips with chocolate on top and strawberry on the bottom.
  2. (roller coasters) A hill that levels off for a while about halfway down.
  3. (informal) The drawing of a government pension or benefit for one job while also working in the government at another job, or of two pensions at the same time as a result of reaching the retirement criteria twice for the same entity.

Verb

double-dip (third-person singular simple present double-dips, present participle double-dipping, simple past and past participle double-dipped)

  1. (informal) To dip a piece of food (e.g. a chip) into a communal sauce container after already having taken a bite of the food.
    • I don't mind double-dipping when eating with my family, but I'd be embarrassed to do it when out with friends.
  2. (informal) To be illegitimately compensated a second time for the same activity.
    • He got caught double-dipping by billing the government directly as well as the primary contractor.
    • They worried about the possibility that some forced laborers, in particular Jewish survivors, might be double-dipping, that is, that they might be collecting compensation for their work as forced laborers while continuing to receive payments as Holocaust survivors and thus absorbing funds that...2006, Wulf Kansteiner, In pursuit of German memory: history, television, and politics after Auschwitz
  3. (informal) To draw a government pension or benefit for one job while also working in the government at another job, or to draw two pensions at the same time as a result of reaching the retirement criteria twice for the same entity.
  4. To re-release a movie or TV series, sometimes as a compilation or with additional features.
  5. (US) To use a single debt instrument to obtain interest tax expense (and therefore a lower tax base) in two or more tax jurisdictions.
  6. To defeat a team twice in the finals.
    • SPC Ladies double-dipped the Sudbury Storm in the NSA Canadian World Series.
  7. To enroll in a single class which will fulfill two different requirements of a course of study.
  8. To buy the same game twice, especially on different platforms.
    • I usually don't double-dip, but this port convinced me to with its additional content and improved graphics.

Also used as

double-dip is also the ellipsis of double-dip recession.

Synonyms of double-dip

Forms of double-dip

Noun
pluraldouble-dips
alternative formdouble dip
Verb
third-person singular presentdouble-dips
present participledouble-dipping
past participledouble-dipped
pastdouble-dipped

Questions about double-dip

What does double-dip mean?
Double-dip means an ice cream cone with two scoops of ice cream.
What part of speech is double-dip?
Double-dip can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of double-dip?
The plural of double-dip is double-dips.

Words near double-dip in the dictionary

  1. double-digit
  2. double-dink
  3. double-dinked
  4. double-dinking
  5. double-dinks
  6. double-dip
  7. double-dipped
  8. double-dipping
  9. double-dips
  10. double-dog dare
  11. double-dog dared

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