dipped
verbadjectiveattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//dɪpt//
That has been briefly immersed in a liquid.
verb
- 1
Also a form of dipsimple past and past participle of dip
Etymology
From dip + -ed.
adjective
- 1
That has been briefly immersed in a liquid.
- 2
Of headlights: lowered.
- 3
archaicCaught up in debt; mortgaged.
The Lawyers [...] Opposed all Registers, that Cheats / Might make more Work with dipt Estates [...].
Estcombe is dipped: and of the money I raised, there is no more at the agent's than I have lost in a night at Quinze!
Forms
- comparative
- more dipped
- superlative
- most dipped
diplomacy · The art and practice of conducting international relations by…diplomat · A person, such as an ambassador, who is accredited to…diplomatic · Concerning the relationships between the governments of…
dipped · That has been briefly immersed in a liquid.
dipper · One who, or that which, dips (immerses something, or itself,…Dipper · Either the Big Dipper or the Little Dipper (in the singular,…dipping · An act or process of immersing.