Dipping may refer to: *

Flag dipping To dip a flag that is being carried means to lower it by turning it forward from an upright position to 45° or horizontal. This is done as a sign of respect or deference. At sea, it is done by lowering to half-mast and returning to full mast posit ...

, the movement of a flag as a signal *

Sheep dip Sheep dip is a liquid formulation of insecticide and fungicide that shepherds and farmers use to protect their sheep from infestation against external parasites such as itch mite (''Psoroptes ovis''), blow-fly, ticks and lice. History Sheep ...

, a solution of insecticide and fungicide for sheep *

Plunge dip Plunge may refer to: *Plunge (American football), a play in American football * Plunge (geology), the inclination of a surface or axis of a fold to the horizontal *The Plunge, a historic swim center in Richmond, California *Plunge Creek, a river in ...

, a device for bathing livestock in pesticide *

Dip (exercise) A dip is an upper-body strength exercise. Close grip dips primarily train the triceps, with major synergists being the anterior deltoid, the pectoralis muscles, and the rhomboid muscles of the back. Wide shoulder width dips place additional emp ...

Dip (dance move) Dips are common to many partner dance styles (Tango, Lindy Hop, Salsa, Ballroom dances), as well as couple's Disco. Characteristics of a dip include: * weight-sharing. Usually the follower supports part (or all) of her weight by the supportin ...

Dipping tobacco Dipping tobacco is a type of finely ground or shredded, moistened smokeless tobacco product. It is commonly and idiomatically known as ''dip''. Dipping tobacco is used by placing a pinch, or "dip", of tobacco between the lip and the gum (subla ...

, a smokeless tobacco product * A brief session of swimming, as in

skinny dipping Nude swimming is the practice of swimming without clothing, whether in natural bodies of water or in swimming pools. A colloquial term for nude swimming is " skinny dipping". In both British and American English, to swim means "to move throug ...

* An old term for

baptism Baptism (from ) is a Christians, Christian sacrament of initiation almost invariably with the use of water. It may be performed by aspersion, sprinkling or affusion, pouring water on the head, or by immersion baptism, immersing in water eit ...

* Bright dipping, a process of removing oxides from non-ferrous metals in

chrome plating Chrome plating (less commonly chromium plating) is a technique of electroplating a thin layer of chromium onto a metal object. A chrome plated part is called ''chrome'', or is said to have been ''chromed''. The chromium layer can be decorativ ...

* Treating a coin in a dilute acid solution as a way to clean it * Dipping tone

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