Meaning

noun a depression in an otherwise level surface

noun (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon

noun a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places

originFrom Middle English dippen, from Old English dyppan, from Proto-West Germanic *duppjan, from Proto-Germanic *dupjaną; see *daupijaną (“to dip”). Related to deep.

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