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Action Of A Ladle Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is DIPPING which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: DIPPING

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RankLettersAnswerClue
199%7Exact Match!
228%8Action of using a ladle to serve soup
325%8 Quantity held by a ladle

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "DIPPING" which means:

    noun
  • • A depression in an otherwise level surface
  • • (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
  • • A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
  • • Tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
  • • A brief immersion
  • • A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
  • • A candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
  • • A brief swim in water
  • • A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
  • verb
  • • Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
  • • Dip into a liquid while eating
  • • Go down momentarily
  • • Stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
  • • Take a small amount from
  • • Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
  • • Lower briefly
  • • Appear to move downward
  • • Slope downwards
  • • Dip into a liquid
  • • Place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
  • • Immerse in a disinfectant solution
  • • Plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
  • • Scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface

An example sentence would be:

  • • "I love dipping my french fries in ketchup."
  • • "She was dipping her paintbrush into the water to clean it."

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