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 ...

refers to the movement of a flag as a signal. Dipping may also refer to: * Treating sheep with a liquid formulation of insecticide and fungicide in a sheep dip * Treating livestock with pesticides by walking them through a plunge dip * Practicing the exercise known as the dip (exercise) * Practicing the dance movement known as the dip (dance move) * The practice of using dipping tobacco * 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 through ...

* An old term for baptism * Bright dipping, a process of removing oxides from non-ferrous metals in chrome plating * Treating a coin in a dilute acid solution as a way to clean it

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