To lower into a liquid. • To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink. • (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly. • To lower a light's beam. • 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. • To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution. • To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine. • To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue in order to absorb the desired chemical constituents. • To immerse for baptism. • To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten. • To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair. • To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out. • To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part. • To engage as a pledge; to mortgage. • To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body. • To sink, drop, or slope downwards. • To incline downward from the plane of the horizon. • To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped) • To briefly lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, usually in rhythm, as when singing or dancing. • To leave; to quit or abandon. • To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.