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Dad likes to dip his toast into his soup.; The girls sat at the edge of the pool and dipped their toes into the water.

As you turn the corner, the road dips suddenly.; The sun dipped below the horizon.; House prices dipped in the first three months of the year.; Stock market prices dipped slightly, losing four points.

Employment gains dipped from 2.6% to only 1.7%.; noun - a part of something that is at a lower level or a movement to a lower level - a dip in the road; a sudden dip in temperature

You'll dazzle oncoming drivers if you don't dip your headlights.

He took a dip in the pool.

a silver dip

We begin our dip into local history by examining the town's origins

It's the kind of book you can just dip into.

I had to dip into my savings to pay for the repairs.; Finance officials say they will have to dip into reserves to pay for the salary increases.

She admitted that she had been forced to dip into her own pocket to make up a funding shortfall.

We all dipped into the box of chocolates.; He dipped his hand in his pocket and took out a few coins.

If you are keen to dip your toes into European funds, there are a number to choose from.

Dip dye is a classic two-tone colouring technique, where the hair is dark at the roots with light ends; Dip-dye hair colour has been trendy for a couple years now.

I'm a redhead and am trying to decide what colour to dip dye my hair.

Designing a new form of government is a serious business—it is not a lucky dip or a pick-and-mix.

A loophole in federal law allows teachers to "double dip" in both a state retirement system and the Social Security system.

The legislation would not outlaw "double dipping" - drawing a state salary for a full-time job and also being paid as a lawmaker.

Lower interest rates may help the economy avoid a double-dip recession, but are unlikely to encourage a full recovery.

The law will prevent double dippers, who draw two paychecks, from serving on the Joint Finance Committee, which writes the annual budget bill

skinny-dipping - the activity of swimming while naked - He went skinny-dipping in a lake to impress some students we'd met.

Debtor-in-possession financing is intended to give companies the time and resources they need to be successful in the future.

Student loans force students to graduate as debtors.

He has no respect for authority whatsoever.

He was remanded on theft charges.; The accused was remanded in custody (= kept in prison before the trial began) for a week.

place (a defendant) on bail or in custody, especially when a trial is adjourned

to be allowed to leave a law court after you have been accused of committing a crime to go to a particular place, usually your home, to wait until the trial begins, after paying an amount

of money to the court that will not be given back if you do not appear at the trial

He was held on remand in prison for 18 months.

When he was a child, his teachers thought he was backward (= unable to learn as much as most children); The state needs to reform its backward election laws.

People still think of it as a backward country/region/area (= one without industry or modern machines).

He did a fantastic backward somersault.;

I walked backwards towards the door.; He took a step backwards to allow her to pass.; He began counting backwards: "Ten, nine, eight..."

The breakdown in negotiations will be seen as a step backwards.

Paul paced anxiously backwards and forwards.

He said as a minister he would never be backward in reproving those whom he considered in the wrong.

He's not backward in admitting that his choice of words is not always the best.

They were accused of backwardness (= very old-fashioned ways) because they had no washing machine.

The business is rapidly losing money because of their backward-looking ideas.

It replaces and is fully backward compatible with the previous FlashPro3 programmer.

The advantages of backward integration include assurance of the pricing, quality, and availability of supplies.

I've been bending over backwards trying to help you, and this is all the thanks I get!

I'm sure Matt will tell you what he thinks of the idea - he's not usually backward in coming forward.

The changes that have been introduced are being seen as a step backwards.

She knows her part in the play back to front

UK also - know sth backwards; US also know sth backward(s) and forward(s)

He can do somersaults and cartwheels and he could walk on his hands.

Acrobats somersaulted across the stage.

to turn over completely, or to make something do this - The bus plunged down the embankment, somersaulted twice, and finally landed on its side.; The driver went out of control and somersaulted his car into a knot of onlookers.

One of the cartwheels got stuck in a ditch.

a fast, skilful movement like a wheel turning, in which you throw yourself sideways onto one hand, then onto both hands with your legs and arms straight and your legs pointing up, before landing on your feet again

The getaway car had been ditched a couple of miles away from the scene of the robbery.; Did you know that Sarah ditched (= ended her relationship with) her boyfriend last week?

They are now involved in a last-ditch attempt to save the steel plant.

a river/road/railway embankment

When she saw the money hidden in the box she gasped in surprise.; "Help me!" he gasped.; When they announced that Chris had won first prize, he gasped in astonishment.

"How on earth did you do that?," she gasped.; He struggled out of the pool and lay on his back, gasping.; When he collapsed on stage, the audience gasped.

He gave a gasp of amazement.

I'm absolutely gasping for a cigarette.

To the astonishment of her colleagues, she resigned.; She gasped in astonishment.

Her writing shows astonishing depth.

He read her letter aloud to the rest of the family.; People are starting to wonder aloud (= question publicly) whether the economic reforms have gone too far.

I always feel hyped up before an exam.

Our dog has a black patch on his back.; There were lots of icy patches on the road this morning.; This story is good in patches (= some parts are good), but I wouldn't really recommend it.

a small part of a surface that is different in some way from the area around it - We have a small vegetable patch (= area for growing vegetables).

I'll have to sew a patch onto these jeans - they're ripped at the knee.

a shirt with a US flag patch sewn onto the right shoulder; His black jacket has a black-and-silver patch bearing the school's Latin motto.

I downloaded a patch from their website.

They issued an update to patch the bug.

Economically, the country is going through a bad patch.; The company hit a rough patch last year, which included its first quarterly loss since going public.

Andy's going through a rough patch at the moment - his wife wants a divorce.

He tries to hide his bald patch by brushing his hair across it.

When he took off his hat, we saw that he was as bald as a coot.

They started washing up, so that was our cue to leave the party.

a signal for someone to do or say something, esp. in a play or movie - She waited for her cue – the ring of the telephone – to come on stage.; Being passed over for promotion twice was his cue to start looking for another job.

I was just wondering where Sarah was, when, right on cue, she came in.

(right) on cue - as if planned to happen exactly at that moment - We were just about to say "I do" when, right on cue, my little cousin started crying.

The architects took their cue for the design of the new hotel from the nearby banks.

With a nod of his head, the drummer cued the lead singer in.

Let the old coot sleep - he's not going to help us anyway.

Does your employer provide a crèche?; There are no creche facilities provided for staff.

a skirt with two patch pockets

Everyone at the conference wore a badge with their name on.; Don't forget to display your ID badge.; New security measures require all visitors to sign in at reception and wear a visitor's badge.

He sewed the school badge neatly onto his uniform.; He collects old army badges.; You have to show your parking badge on the windscreen of your car, or they'll tow your car away.

They used to go round wearing badges with slogans like "No nukes" and "Save the whale".;

The cop showed me her badge.

The car will be badged as an Opel for sale mainly in continental Europe and as a Vauxhall for sale in the UK.; These mortgage deals don't have to be badged "first-time buyer".

The car is being badged as a Chevy, which suggests it will be at the affordable end of the scale.; The next-generation Space Wagon is due in Japan next month, badged for the home market as the Chariot.

hese self-printing badge kiosks ensure that attendees can be badged in moments.

The allowance would be badged as a savings measure because of the welfare payments it would spare.

I usually buy my paper from the kiosk at the station.

With the goal of one-stop service, the kiosk lets guests select rooms and print hotel receipts and airline boarding passes.

an information kiosk with touch-screen technology

The Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago attracted nearly 90,000 attendees and 1,200 exhibitors.; conference attendees

With the app, you earn points and digital badges by practising your target language every day.

A signal is sent to automatically power up the workstation when an employee badges into the site.; The identity management system can see if a user has badged into the building.

For Tony, owning a big car was a badge of success.

If you've cut your hand, the first-aider will patch you up.

The team has the ability to patch into the Cleveland Clinic health care system for instant access to X-rays, MRIs, and other test results.

The cameras are patched into a computer that sees the video in real time and analyzes it.

I patched her through to customer service.

This new washing machine isn't a patch on our old one.

Jackie and Bill are still trying to patch up their marriage.; Did you manage to patch things up with her after your row?

There is much disagreement, but the group of countries is trying to patch together a treaty on defence.