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a brief plunge that ruins fortunes, charts, and roads with equal indifference.
means To lower something briefly into a liquid or below a level, or the brief downward movement or low point itself.
from From Old English 'dyppan,' to immerse or baptize, rooted in a Germanic family clustered around the idea of 'deep' — the same well that gives us 'deep' and 'dive.' The thread runs straight: to dip is to send something briefly toward the deep and pull it back.
- market dread
- investors fear it, then beg to buy it
- shared peril
- double-dipping is a crime against communal snacks
- road sign
- warns drivers before stomachs go weightless
- chemistry
- galvanizing literally dips steel in molten zinc
- language
- a dip once meant a pickpocket in slang
seven layer dip — layered tex-mex appetizer with refried beans, guacamole, sour cream, salsa, cheese, olives, and green onions
hummus — middle eastern chickpea dip made with tahini, lemon, and garlic, originated in the levant
guacamole — mexican avocado-based dip from aztec civilization, word comes from nahuatl 'ahuacatl'
french onion dip — american dip made with sour cream and caramelized onions, popularized in the 1950s