to plunge or be plunged quickly or briefly into a liquid, esp to wet or coat

to undergo a slight decline, esp temporarily

to slope downwards

to sink or appear to sink quickly

to switch (car headlights) from the main to the lower beam

to stain or dye by immersing in a liquid

to baptize (someone) by immersion

to plate or galvanize (a metal, etc) by immersion in an electrolyte or electrolytic cell

to scoop up (a liquid or something from a liquid) in the hands or in a container

to lower or be lowered briefly

to make (a candle) by plunging the wick into melted wax

to plunge a container, the hands, etc, into something, esp to obtain or retrieve an object

to dabble (in); play (at)

(of an aircraft) to drop suddenly and then regain height

(of a rock stratum or mineral vein) to slope downwards from the horizontal

(in children's games) to select a leader, etc by reciting any of various rhymes

to pick (a person's) pocket

the act of dipping or state of being dipped

a brief swim in water

a preparation of dyeing agents into which fabric is immersed

a depression, esp in a landscape

something taken up by dipping

a container used for dipping; dipper

a momentary sinking down

the angle of slope of rock strata, fault planes, etc, from the horizontal plane

the angle between the direction of the earth's magnetic field and the plane of the horizon; the angle that a magnetic needle free to swing in a vertical plane makes with the horizontal

a creamy mixture into which pieces of food are dipped before being eaten

the angular distance of the horizon below the plane of observation

a candle made by plunging a wick repeatedly into wax

a momentary loss of altitude when flying

(in gymnastics) a chinning exercise on the parallel bars