Contemporary slang . 2014.
dip — I. n 1. a fool. This word, first heard in the 1970s, is either a back formation from dippy or a short form of dipstick or dipshit. ► All those people out there, they re just complete dips. (Recorded, American teenager, London, 1988) 2. a… … Contemporary slang
dip — [dip] vt. dipped or occas.Now Rare dipt, dipping [ME dippen < OE dyppan, to immerse < Gmc * dup , to be deep: see DIMPLE] 1. to put into or under liquid for a moment and then quickly take out; immerse 2. to dye in this way 3. to clean… … English World dictionary
dip — [c]/dɪp / (say dip) verb (dipped, dipping) –verb (t) 1. to plunge temporarily into a liquid, as to wet or to take up some of the liquid. 2. to raise or take up by dipping action; lift by bailing or scooping: to dip water out of a boat. 3. to… …
wick — I. n 1. British the penis. This sense of the word combines the candle wick as a phallic image and the London rhyming slang phrase Hampton Wick (for prick). Hampton Wick is a small community in the Southwest London suburbs, familiar to cockneys of … Contemporary slang
dip — verb (dips, dipping, dipped) 1》 (dip something in/into) put or let something down quickly or briefly in or into (liquid). ↘make (a candle) by immersing a wick repeatedly in hot wax. 2》 sink, drop, or slope downwards. ↘(of a level or… … English new terms dictionary
wick — {{11}}wick (1) bundle of fiber in a lamp or candle, O.E. weoce, from W.Gmc. *weukon (Cf. M.Du. wieke, Du. wiek, O.H.G. wiohha, Ger. Wieche), of unknown origin, with no known cognates beyond Gmc. To dip one s wick engage in sexual intercourse (in… … Etymology dictionary
wick — I. /wɪk / (say wik) noun 1. a bundle or loose twist or braid of soft threads, or a woven strip or tube, as of cotton, which in a candle, lamp, oil stove, or the like serves to draw up the melted tallow or wax or the oil or other flammable liquid… …
wick — wick1 noun 1》 a strip of porous material up which liquid fuel is drawn by capillary action to the flame in a candle, lamp, or lighter. 2》 Medicine a gauze strip inserted in a wound to drain it. verb absorb or draw off (liquid) by capillary action … English new terms dictionary
Solder wick — A solder wick (also desoldering wick or desoldering braid) is a tool for removing solder from any solder joint. Usually, it is a roll of fine, braided 40 or 42awg. wire, typically oxygen free copper, which has been treated with a rosin solder… … Wikipedia
dip — I [[t]dɪp[/t]] v. dipped, dip•ping, n. 1) to plunge temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten, dye, or take up some of the liquid 2) to take up by bailing or ladling: to dip water out of a boat[/ex] 3) to lower and raise: to dip a flag in… … From formal English to slang
