double dipn.
1. The process or result of dipping or immersing twice (frequently attributive); spec. (North American), an ice-cream cone made with two scoops or portions of ice cream.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > ices > [adjective] > types or forms of
strawberry ice1846
black and white1912
double dip1936
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > ices > [noun] > ice-cream > types or forms of
pistachio ice?1790
iced tea1827
tutti-frutti1834
brown-bread ice1846
vanilla ice1846
vanille ice1846
Neapolitan ice1867
Neapolitan ice cream1868
hokey-pokey1884
strawberry ice cream1890
choc chip1903
horn1908
Tortoni1911
slider1915
choc bar1919
cone1920
Eskimo pie1921
brick1922
brickette1922
Eskimo1922
choc ice1924
cornet1926
briquette1927
gelato1932
ninety-nine1935
wafer1936
fudgicle1938
ripple1939
tub1939
vanilla1955
double dip1965
society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > [adjective] > other specific processes
annealing1469
bituminizing1849
batch1958
double dip1971
society > occupation and work > industry > engineering > [noun] > specific procedures
trouble hunting1882
trouble-shooting1918
batch processing1948
double dip1971
1936 Ice Cream Rev. Sept. 62/1 The fellows who have..small double-dip stands..are having a hard time.
1940 R. Suttle How to operate Retail Ice Cream Stores 26a Double-Dip Cones, 18 Double-dip cones per gallon.
1965 Tamarack Rev. xxxiv. 6 He sprinkles orange and red and chocolate flakes of candy on top of the double-dips; this costs a nickel.
1971 Engineering Apr. 63/1 For large articles..a double-dip technique may be employed; this entails immersing each half in turn.
2. figurative and transferred.
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society > occupation and work > working > [noun] > holding more than one job at a time
plurality1647
pluralism1772
double-dipping1940
moonlighting1954
double dip1963
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being better or superior > [adjective] > surpassing the ordinary
surpassingc1580
supraordinarya1623
superordinary1630
extraordinary1649
higher1718
above par1776
extra1850
premium1856
plus1921
double dip1963
1963 Lebende Sprachen 8 106/1 [Driver's vocabulary] Double dip.
1965 Wall St. Jrnl. 8 Jan. 2/4 The so-called ‘double dip’, in which some state laws permit a double payment of jobless benefits for a single period of unemployment.
1973 W. Sheed People will always be Kind ii. v. 319 Hank Messer turned on me with Casey's extra double-dip sincere look.
1978 J. Updike Coup (1979) v. 182 A frozen bulbousness—double-dip, Reddi-Whip accumulations of weathered lava.
1984 Christian Sci. Monitor 17 May 27/3 His double-dip soliloquy and her banana split of an answer..are some of the delights of..[the] second act.
Derivatives
double-dipper n.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > one who has more than one job > who has second job while on pension
double-dipper1976
1976 Graphic (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) 19 Aug. 4 a/3 Johnson, a double-dipper who gets paid by the state as a legislator and also receives state money as a school man.
1986 N.Y. Times 8 June iv. 6/5 The arrangement..made Admiral White a ‘double dipper’, paying him a Federal contract fee of $29,600 a month.
double-dipping n. esp. the practice of holding a second job, usually in government or municipal service, (or of obtaining retirement benefit from this) while enjoying a pension from one's former employment.
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society > occupation and work > working > [noun] > holding more than one job at a time
plurality1647
pluralism1772
double-dipping1940
moonlighting1954
double dip1963
society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > pottery-making or ceramics > [noun] > specific processes
fictilage1610
throwing1686
fritting1816
biscuiting1819
slapping1825
blunging1832
jigging1865
baking1868
bossinga1877
kaolinization1886
towing1892
jolleying1901
saggaring1901
mould-running1910
mullitization1939
double-dipping1940
Belgicization1942
prefiring1944
press-moulding1953
1940 B. Leach Potter's Bk. vi. 145 I use double dipping whenever I can grip the pot by the foot sufficiently firmly… By this method..the inside and outside of a pot are glazed with one movement.
1975 Harper's Mag. Sept. 28/2 At Congressional hearings called to investigate this ‘double dipping’, it was revealed that then FEO head William Simon had repeatedly..been urged to remove Bowen.
1978 Detroit Free Press 14 Apr. 10 a/2 ‘Double-dipping’, in which retired military personnel draw their pensions while working in other government jobs, would be prohibited.
1981 Bulletin (Sydney) 6 Oct. 26/1 That phenomenon known as ‘double dipping’ whereby the individual taxpayer is given tax concessions aimed at encouraging him to provide for his own retirement only to..put himself on the pension.
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Economics. A second period of decline as part of a double-dip recession; (also) = double-dip recession n. at Additions.
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1979 Barron's (Electronic ed.) 19 Nov. 47/2 We really had a recession, they insist, but it only lasted a couple of months (first dip). Now we're due for another (double dip).
1991 Washington Flyer Sept. 8/1 Since mid-year there has been growing concern about the recession resuming following a one-quarter upswing, called a double-dip.
2002 BusinessWeek 18 Mar. 36/1 The case for a double dip is just as compelling—if not more compelling—than a couple of months ago.
2010 Daily Tel. 8 July (Business section) b5/7 Few economists think either Europe or the US are about to enter a double dip.
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double-dip recession n. Economics a recession during which a period of economic decline is followed by a brief period (usually one or two quarters) of growth, followed by a further period of decline.
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1971 N.Y. Times 14 Oct. 78/3 The rate of inflation throughout the economy—partly as a result of the ‘double dip’ recessions in 1970 and 1974-5—is expected to drop.
1991 Economist 21 Dec. 101/2 Investors are worrying about America's double-dip recession.
2012 Daily Tel. 10 Feb. 1/1 The Bank announced yesterday that it was injecting another £50 billion into the economy to try to avoid a double-dip recession.
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