dips

Sauces for chips

Dips is the plural of dip—downward movements, brief immersions, or creamy foods for dunking.

She did fifty dips on the parallel bars.

We brought chips and dips to the party.

In slang, dips are pickpockets, from their habit of dipping into pockets.

In finance, buying the dips means purchasing assets after price drops: I'm buying the dips on tech stocks.

immersion

plunge

Sudden steep descent

  • dunkBriefly submerge in liquid
  • submergePlunge beneath liquid
  • soakSaturate with liquid

baptize · pool · swim · wade · splash · cannonball · cooling off · lake · ocean · hot tub

downturn

decline

Decrease or refuse

  • dropFall or release
  • fallDescend under gravity
  • slumpExtended period of decline

plunge · decrease · slide · sag · retreat · correction · pullback · sell-off · volatility · bear market

condiment

hummus

Mashed chickpea spread

ranch · queso · aioli · baba ganoush · pesto · tapenade · raita · French onion · nacho cheese · sour cream

exercise

push-up

Prone bodyweight arm exercise

bodyweight · calisthenics · reps · sets · gym · strength · muscle · toning · sculpting · core

tobacco

snuff

Powdered tobacco for sniffing

tin · pinch · lip · spit · nicotine · Copenhagen · wintergreen · mint · fine cut

Categories
Opposites
vertical movement

dipsrises

Moves upward

ascends · climbs · soars · lifts · elevates

quantity/value change

dipsincreases

Becomes greater in amount

rises · spikes · surges · upturns · gains

surface topology

dipsbumps

Small raised areas

rises · ridges · peaks · mounds · bulges

Phrases
Family

dip, dipped, dipping, dipper, dippy, dipstick, dippers, dippable, dippings

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G