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dipped

SayDIPT/dɪpt/

4 meanings of dipped

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  1. 1
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of dip. Use this form for something that already happened.

    She dipped her toes in the cold pool.

    He dipped the bread into the warm soup.

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Quickly placed into a liquid and then taken out again.

    Like a cookie that has been quickly put into milk and pulled back out.

    She handed me a dipped strawberry covered in chocolate.

    The dipped candle had a smooth, shiny coating.

    Similarimmersed, coated

  3. 3
    adjective
    Describes car lights that are turned down so they do not blind other drivers.

    He drove with dipped lights through the foggy village.

    Keep your headlights dipped when a car comes toward you.

    Similarlow

    Oppositefull, high

Less common meaning

  1. 4
    adjectivearchaic
    Owing a lot of money, often with property used to back the loan.

    The old farmer was so dipped he could barely keep his land.

    Estcombe is dipped: and of the money I raised, there is no more at the agent's than I have lost in a night at Quinze!
    1898, Stanley John Weyman, The Castle InnHere, dipped means deep in debt, with the property mortgaged.
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dipped is a form of dip

dip, verb: To put something down into a liquid for a short time. Full entry

Forms
dipdips he/she/itdipping -ing formdipped past tense, past participle
Spelling
dip → dipped: double the p, add -ed
Sound
The ending sounds like /t/.

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Origin

This word comes from "dip" plus the ending "-ed".