dip
dip is a valid 3-letter word worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
What does dip mean?
Appear to move downward.
“The sun dipped below the horizon”
Go down momentarily.
“Prices dipped”
Immerse in a disinfectant solution.
“dip the sheep”
Lower briefly.
“She dipped her knee”
Place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax.
Plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container.
“He dipped into his pocket”
Scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface.
“dip water out of a container”
Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam.
Slope downwards.
“Our property dips towards the river”
Stain an object by immersing it in a liquid.
Take a small amount from.
“I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present”
Dip into a liquid while eating.
Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.
“dip the garment into the cleaning solution”
“dip the brush into the paint”
Dip into a liquid.
“He dipped into the pool”
A brief immersion.
A candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow.
A depression in an otherwise level surface.
“there was a dip in the road”
A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms.
Tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped.
A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity.
“a dip in prices”
A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places.
(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon.
A brief swim in water.