Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dipped

/dɪpt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.54 in modern English

Syllables: dipped
IPA: /dɪpt/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of dip

adj

That has been briefly immersed in a liquid.

adj

Of headlights: lowered.

adj

Caught up in debt; mortgaged.

Archaic; Colloquial

Example Sentences

"The Lawyers [...] Opposed all Registers, that Cheats / Might make more Work with dipt Estates [...]."
"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!"

Etymology

From dip + -ed.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /dɪpt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more dipped (comparative) most dipped (superlative)

Phrases

dipped candle dipped headlight hand-dipped

Synonyms

lordotic swayback swaybacked

Rhymes With

script equipped ripped shipped slipped stripped whipped tipped skipped flipped tripped clipped

Questions

How do you pronounce dipped?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪpt/.
What does dipped mean?: simple past and past participle of dip
Where does dipped come from?: From dip + -ed.

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