dip

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a depression in an otherwise level surface
  2. noun (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
  3. noun a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places

Etymology

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

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