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dipping

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1. dipping - Noun

2. dipping - Verb

Derived from dip

Meaning

of Dip

The act or process of immersing.

The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like.

The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, esp. brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.

The practice of taking snuff by rubbing the teeth or gums with a stick or brush dipped in snuff.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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It was so hot today I saw a robin dipping his worm in Nestea. It was so hot today I saw a pigeon walking in the shadow of Orson Welles. It was so hot today that Burger King was singing, "if you want it your way, cook it yourself." Johnny Carson

Oh, swiftly glides the bonnie boat, Just parted from the shore, And to the fisher's chorus-note, Soft moves the dipping oar! Joanna Baillie

I use filming as an excuse to take classes. I got my certification in sailing for 'Wedding Crashers,' and now I can handle a 26-foot boat. I played a seamstress once, so I took sewing classes. I love dipping into these other lives. Rachel McAdams

I was supremely confident my flair for atmosphere and characterization would sparkle alongside the numbing mulch ground out by studio hacks. Certainly the space atop my mantel might be better festooned by a gold statuette than by the plastic dipping bird that now bobbed there ad infinitum. Woody Allen

Across the downs a hummingbird Came dipping through the bowers, He pivoted on emptiness To scrutinize the flowers. Nathalia Crane

Constant dipping will empty goud of honey. Swahili Proverb

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