Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of dip
comparative more dipped · superlative most dipped
- That has been briefly immersed in a liquid.
- Of headlights: lowered.
- archaiccolloquialCaught up in debt; mortgaged.
The Lawyers [...] Opposed all Registers, that Cheats / Might make more Work with dipt Estates [...].
1705, Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees1 more example
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, chapter IV, in The Castle Inn
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Rhymes with dipped
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dipped. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dipped
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