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Word entry · 3 letters

dip

Best crossword clue

"Brief swim"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /dɪp/Part of speech verb, nounSorted dipStarts with DEnds with P7 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. stain an object by immersing it in a liquid

Word origin

From Middle English dippen, from Old English dyppan, from Proto-West Germanic *duppjan, from Proto-Germanic *dupjaną; see *daupijaną (“to dip”). Related to deep.

Used in a sentence

  • There is a dip in the road ahead.
  • After a signal check at Darley Dale, on the third run, the Pacific mounted the long 1 in 100 at a steady 53-54 m.p.h. and attained a brief 60 m.p.h. in the short dip before Monsal Dale.
  • With his precious charge / Embark'd, Sinicus gently ſteers along; / The dip of oars in uniſon awake / Without alarming ſilence; […]

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Used as a crossword answer7 curated clues

01Brief swim3 letters
02Chip sauce3 letters
03Lower briefly into sauce3 letters
04Quick swim3 letters
05Sauce for chips3 letters
06Brief plunge3 letters
07Dunk briefly3 letters

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