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dip
verb- to pick pockets UK, 1857
- He watched the other woman’s purse and wondered idly if he could dip on her before she noticed him. — Donald Goines, Dopefiend, p. 65, 1971
- I guess he thought he found a live one and tried to dip on me. — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 134, 1973
- to display an inappropriate interest in another prisoner’s business US
- — John R. Armore and Joseph D. Wolfe, Dictionary of Desperation, 1976
- to eavesdrop US
- I was dippin’ on my brother when he was talking to his girlfriend. — The Washington Post, 24 May 1987
- to fail in the commission of a crime, especially theft or robbery AUSTRALIA
- — The (Sydney) Bulletin, 26 April 1975
- to hurry US
- — Vann Wesson, Generation X Field Guide and Lexicon, p. 52, 1997
- to swerve through traffic on a bicycle BERMUDA
- — Peter A. Smith and Fred M. Barritt, Bermewjan Vurds, 1985
- to use chewing tobacco US
- — Don R. McCreary (Editor), Dawg Speak, 2001
- to leave US
- — Washington Post, 14 October 1993
▶ dip south
to search your pockets for money NEW ZEALAND- — Sonya Plowman, Great Kiwi Slang, p. 59, 2002
▶ dip your left eye in hot cocky shit!
used as a general expression of disbelief or contempt AUSTRALIA- Go and dip your left eye in hot cocky cack. — The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, 1972
▶ dip your lid
to raise one’s hat as a polite gesture AUSTRALIA, 1915
Although no longer in common use since the wearing of hats went out of fashion after World War 2, it is still used in allusion to The Sentimental Bloke by C.J. Dennis.- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 29, 1977
- [Heading] Most lovers of Australia’s great outdoors dip their lids to Hat Head’s special charms — Aussie Post, p. 26, 29 August 1998
▶ dip your wick
to have sex UK, 1958- — Joseph E. Ragen and Charles Finston, Inside the World’s Toughest Prison, p. 796, 1962: “Penitentiary and underworld glossary”
- — Collin Baker et al., College Undergraduate Slang Study Conducted at Brown University, p. 105, 1968
- Plenty of other fellers seem to dip their wicks. — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
- — Anon., King Smut’s Wet Dreams Interpreted, 1978
- You’re gonna find out if you mastrebate (sic) instead of dippin’ your wick, you’ll conserve energy. — Dan Jenkins, Life Its Ownself, p. 111, 1984
- He tries it on this one and that one, dipping his wick along the way, and finally finds the perfect fit[.] — Adult Video, p. xx, August/September 1986
- So I take it the reason for all this secrecy and urgency is we’re protecting some big-shot who’s dipped his wick where he shouldn’t, now he wants us to pull his nuts out of the fire, is that it?? — The Bill, 25 April 2000
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