Dip vs. Rip — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dip and Rip
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Dip
To plunge briefly into a liquid, as in order to wet, coat, or saturate.
Rip
A stretch of water in a river, estuary, or tidal channel made rough by waves meeting an opposing current.
Dip
To color or dye by immersing
Dip Easter eggs.
Rip
A rip current.
Dip
To immerse (a sheep or other animal) in a disinfectant solution.
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Rip
A dissolute person.
Dip
To form (a candle) by repeatedly immersing a wick in melted wax or tallow.
Rip
An old or worthless horse.
Dip
To galvanize or plate (metal) by immersion.
Rip
A tear (in paper, etc.).
Dip
To scoop up by plunging the hand or a receptacle below the surface, as of a liquid; ladle
Dip water out of a bucket.
Rip
A type of strong, rough tide or current.
Dip
To lower and raise (a flag) in salute.
Rip
(Australia, New Zealand) A rip current: a strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.
Dip
To lower or drop (something) suddenly
Dipped my head to avoid the branch.
Rip
(slang) A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.
Dip
(Slang) To pick the pockets of.
Rip
(slang) A hit (dose) of marijuana.
Dip
To plunge into water or other liquid and come out quickly.
Rip
A black mark given for substandard schoolwork.
Dip
To plunge the hand or a receptacle into liquid or a container, especially so as to take something up or out
I dipped into my pocket for some coins.
Rip
(slang) Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off.
Dip
To withdraw a small amount from a fund
We dipped into our savings.
Rip
Data or audio copied from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
Some of these CD rips don't sound very good: what bitrate did you use?
Dip
To drop down or sink out of sight suddenly
The sun dipped below the horizon.
Rip
Something ripped off or stolen; a work resulting from plagiarism.
Dip
To drop suddenly before climbing. Used of an aircraft.
Rip
A kind of glissando leading up to the main note to be played.
Dip
To slope downward; decline
The road dipped.
Rip
Ellipsis of ripsaw.
Dip
To decline slightly and usually temporarily
Sales dipped after Christmas.
Rip
A joyride.
Dip
(Geology) To lie at an angle to the horizontal plane, as a rock stratum or vein.
Rip
A wicker basket for fish.
Dip
To read here and there at random; browse
Dipping into Chaucer.
Rip
A worthless horse; a nag.
Dip
To investigate a subject superficially; dabble
Dipped into psychology.
Rip
An immoral man; a rake, a scoundrel.
Dip
(Slang) To steal by picking pockets.
Rip
(transitive) To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
To rip a garment; to rip up a floor
Dip
To place a preparation of finely shredded tobacco in one's mouth.
Rip
(intransitive) To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.
My shirt ripped when it was caught on a bramble.
Dip
A brief plunge or immersion, especially a quick swim.
Rip
(transitive) To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
Dip
A liquid into which something is dipped, as for dyeing or disinfecting.
Rip
To move quickly and destructively.
Dip
A savory creamy mixture into which crackers, raw vegetables, or other foods may be dipped.
Rip
(woodworking) To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.
Dip
An amount taken up by dipping.
Rip
To copy data from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc., to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
Dip
A container for dipping.
Rip
To take a "hit" of marijuana.
Dip
A candle made by repeated dipping in tallow or wax.
Rip
(slang) To fart.
Dip
A downward slope; a decline.
Rip
To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on and into)
Dip
A sharp downward course; a drop
A dip in prices.
Rip
To steal; to rip off.
Dip
(Geology) The downward inclination of a rock stratum or vein in reference to the plane of the horizon.
Rip
To move or act fast; to rush headlong.
Dip
(Linguistics) A part of a phrase or sentence that is unstressed or less strongly stressed relative to surrounding words, as the words I and to in I have to go.
Rip
(archaic) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.
Dip
The unstressed portion of a metrical foot.
Rip
To surf extremely well.
Dip
Magnetic dip.
Rip
A wicker fish basket.
Dip
A hollow or depression.
Rip
A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration.
Dip
(Sports) A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered by bending the elbows until the chin reaches the level of the bars and then is raised by straightening the arms.
Rip
A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse.
Dip
(Slang) A pickpocket.
Rip
A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents.
Dip
(Slang) A foolish or stupid person.
Rip
To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; - commonly used with up, open, off.
Dip
A preparation of finely shredded tobacco, usually placed between the lower lip and gum. Also called snuff.
Rip
To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.
He 'll rip the fatal secret from her heart.
Dip
A lower section of a road or geological feature.
There is a dip in the road ahead.
Rip
To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; - usually with up.
They ripped up all that had been done from the beginning of the rebellion.
For brethern to debate and rip up their falling out in the ear of a common enemy . . . is neither wise nor comely.
Dip
Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
Rip
To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.
Dip
The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
Rip
A dissolute man in fashionable society
Dip
A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
Rip
An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart;
There was a rip in his pants
She had snags in her stockings
Dip
A dip stick.
Rip
A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
Dip
A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
I’m going for a dip before breakfast.
Rip
The act of rending or ripping or splitting something;
He gave the envelope a vigorous rip
Dip
A pickpocket.
Rip
Tear or be torn violently;
The curtain ripped from top to bottom
Pull the cooked chicken into strips
Dip
A sauce for dipping.
This onion dip is just scrumptious.
Rip
Move precipitously or violently;
The tornado ripped along the coast
Dip
(geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
Rip
Cut (wood) along the grain
Dip
(archaic) A dipped candle.
Rip
Criticize or abuse strongly and violently;
The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly
Dip
(dance) A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
Dip
(bodybuilding) A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
Dip
(turpentine industry) The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
Dip
(aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
Dip
(uncountable) The moist form of snuff tobacco.
Dip
The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
Dip
Fried bread.
Dip
A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.
Buy the dips
Dip
(informal) A foolish person.
Dip
(informal) A diplomat.
Dip
(transitive) To lower into a liquid.
Dip your biscuit into your tea.
Dip
(intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
Dip
(intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
Dip
(transitive) To lower a light's beam.
Dip your lights as you meet an oncoming car.
Dip
(transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
The sailor rushed to the flag hoist to dip the flag in return.
Dip
(transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
The farmer is going to dip the cattle today.
Dip
(transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
Dip
To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
Dip
(transitive) To immerse for baptism.
Dip
(transitive) To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
Dip
(intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
Dip
(transitive) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
To dip water from a boiler; to dip out water
Dip
(intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
Dip
(transitive) To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
Dip
(transitive) To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
Dip
(intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
Strata of rock dip.
Dip
To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
Dip
To lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music.
Dip
To leave.
He dipped out of the room so fast.
Dip
To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
Dip
To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.
The priest shall dip his finger in the blood.
[Wat'ry fowl] now dip their pinions in the briny deep.
While the prime swallow dips his wing.
Dip
To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion.
Dip
To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
A cold shuddering dewDips me all o'er.
Dip
To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
He was . . . dipt in the rebellion of the Commons.
Dip
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.
Dip
To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
Live on the use and never dip thy lands.
Dip
To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
The sun's rim dips; the stars rush out.
Dip
To perform the action of plunging some receptacle, as a dipper, ladle. etc.; into a liquid or a soft substance and removing a part.
Whoever dips too deep will find death in the pot.
Dip
To pierce; to penetrate; - followed by in or into.
When I dipt into the future.
Dip
To enter slightly or cursorily; to engage one's self desultorily or by the way; to partake limitedly; - followed by in or into.
Dip
To incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip.
Dip
To dip snuff.
Dip
The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
Dip
Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
Dip
A hollow or depression in a surface, especially in the ground.
Dip
A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon.
Dip
A dipped candle.
Dip
A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
Dip
In the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation, which is dipped out from incisions in the trees; as, virgin dip (the runnings of the first year), yellow dip (the runnings of subsequent years).
Dip
A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
Dip
A liquid, in which objects are soaked by dipping; e.g., a parasiticide or insecticide solution into which animals are dipped (see sheep-dip).
Dip
A sauce into which foods are dipped to enhance the flavor; e. g., an onion dip made from sour cream and dried onions, into which potato chips are dipped.
Dip
A pickpocket.
Dip
A depression in an otherwise level surface;
There was a dip in the road
Dip
(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
Dip
A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
Dip
Tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
Dip
A brief immersion
Dip
A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity;
A drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index
There was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery
A dip in prices
When that became known the price of their stock went into free fall
Dip
A candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
Dip
A brief swim in water
Dip
A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
Dip
Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate;
Dip the garment into the cleaning solution
Dip the brush into the paint
Dip
Dip into a liquid while eating;
She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce
Dip
Go down momentarily;
Prices dipped
Dip
Stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
Dip
Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
Dip
Lower briefly;
She dipped her knee
Dip
Appear to move downward;
The sun dipped below the horizon
The setting sun sank below the tree line
Dip
Slope downwards;
Our property dips towards the river
Dip
Dip into a liquid;
He dipped into the pool
Dip
Of candles; by dipping the wick into hot, liquid wax
Dip
Immerse in a disinfectant solution;
Dip the sheep
Dip
Scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface;
Dip water out of a container
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