dipped

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of dip.

   The plane dipped suddenly as it hit a pocket of turbulence.

   Stock prices dipped sharply after the announcement.

   Note

   One spelling does double duty: she dipped the brush (past) and the brush had been dipped (participle). Only the transitive uses form a passive. Sheep are dipped in solution, and a flag is dipped in salute. The intransitive uses stop at the active: prices have dipped, a plane has dipped, but neither was dipped. The final p doubles before -ed.

2. 2
   adjective

   Briefly immersed in a liquid and then taken out.

   The freshly dipped cone hardened as the chocolate cooled.

   Each dipped wick was hung up to dry between coats.

   Similarimmersed, coated

3. 3
   adjective

   Of a vehicle's headlights: angled downward to reduce glare for oncoming drivers.

   She switched to dipped beams as the other car approached.

   Motorists kept their headlights dipped along the unlit country lane.

   Similarlow

   Oppositefull, high

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