British Slang: Dip

Dip [dip] – pickpocket.

Meaning from the English-Bulgarian dictionary:

Dip [dip]

I.

1. dip (oneself), immerse (oneself)
2. tech. galvanize (metal), dye (cloth, etc.), immerse (sheep) in disinfectant solution, cast (candles), tan (hides)
3. scrape, ladle, draw (up, out of, from)
4. incline (oneself), bend (oneself), lower (oneself)

1. to DIP the headlights avt. dim the headlights
2. to DIP a flag lower a flag, salute by lowering a flag

5. reduce, decrease (for prices)
6. incline toward sunset
7. geol. lie, settle
8. colloq. embarrass financially
9. pawn, mortgage
10. skim/read superficially (into)
    1. to DIP into one's pockets/funds/resources spend/squander money, rummage
    2. to DIP in (to) the gravy Amer. sl. embezzle public funds, dip into the honey

II.

1. n dipping, bathing, short swim
   1. to take a DIP in the sea bathe in the sea
2. liquid, solution (for disinfection), bathing (of sheep) in disinfectant solution, dye
3. scraped quantity
4. (dipped) candle
5. phys. angle of inclination of the magnetic needle
6. slope, dip, hollow
7. salute by lowering flags
8. rare sauce
9. sl. pickpocket
10. decrease/reduction in prices

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