Third person singular of 'dip' or plural of 'dip'; brief downward movements or sauces for food.
From Old English dyppan meaning 'to immerse or plunge briefly'. The word evolved from Proto-Germanic *duppjan, related to deep. The sauce meaning developed from the action of dipping food into liquid.
The word 'dip' has spawned an entire category of party foods, from spinach artichoke to seven-layer dips. Interestingly, the stock market 'dip' uses the same imagery of a brief downward plunge, showing how physical actions become financial metaphors.
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