"double-dip" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-double-dip.wav Forms: double-dips [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} double-dip (plural double-dips)
  1. (informal) An ice cream cone with two scoops of ice cream. Tags: informal Translations (An ice cream cone with two scoops of ice cream.): barquillo doble [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-double-dip-en-noun-~P2kXrr2 Disambiguation of 'An ice cream cone with two scoops of ice cream.': 97 1 0 2
  2. (roller coasters) A hill that levels off for a while about halfway down.
    Sense id: en-double-dip-en-noun-Xt1c4hYK
  3. (economics) Ellipsis of double-dip recession (“return to recession after a short period of growth”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: double-dip recession (extra: return to recession after a short period of growth) Categories (topical): Economics Synonyms: W-shaped recession
    Sense id: en-double-dip-en-noun-SL3e5gL- Topics: economics, sciences
  4. (informal) The drawing of a government pension or benefit for one job while also working in the government at another job, or of two pensions at the same time as a result of reaching the retirement criteria twice for the same entity. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-double-dip-en-noun-x5Ad5TpJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: double dip

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-double-dip.wav Forms: double-dips [present, singular, third-person], double-dipping [participle, present], double-dipped [participle, past], double-dipped [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} double-dip (third-person singular simple present double-dips, present participle double-dipping, simple past and past participle double-dipped)
  1. (informal) To dip a piece of food (e.g. a chip) into a communal sauce container after already having taken a bite of the food. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-double-dip-en-verb-bmHHFfbt
  2. (informal) To be illegitimately compensated a second time for the same activity. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-double-dip-en-verb-XCrFa7U5
  3. (informal) To draw a government pension or benefit for one job while also working in the government at another job, or to draw two pensions at the same time as a result of reaching the retirement criteria twice for the same entity. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-double-dip-en-verb-oeMYyggv
  4. (television, film) To re-release a movie or TV series, sometimes as a compilation or with additional features. Categories (topical): Film genres, Television
    Sense id: en-double-dip-en-verb-vG~I2rou Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 12 1 10 7 9 10 16 13 5 4 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 12 1 10 7 9 10 16 13 4 5 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 12 1 10 8 9 10 18 12 3 4 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 12 2 9 7 9 9 18 12 4 4 11 Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
  5. (US, finance) To use a single debt instrument to obtain interest tax expense (and therefore a lower tax base) in two or more tax jurisdictions. Tags: US Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-double-dip-en-verb-lDdWMw83 Categories (other): American English, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 11 1 9 7 8 9 15 19 4 4 11 Topics: business, finance
  6. (softball) To defeat a team twice in the finals. Categories (topical): Softball
    Sense id: en-double-dip-en-verb--bV2i3xb Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, softball, sports
  7. (higher education) To enroll in a single class which will fulfill two different requirements of a course of study. Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-double-dip-en-verb-DbvIM-xw Topics: education, higher-education
  8. (video games) To buy the same game twice, especially on different platforms. Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-double-dip-en-verb-FCQsJEJb Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: double dip Related terms: butter one's bread on both sides

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "word": "double dip"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "An ice cream cone with two scoops of ice cream.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barquillo doble"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "word": "butter one's bread on both sides"
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        "(informal) To dip a piece of food (e.g. a chip) into a communal sauce container after already having taken a bite of the food."
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          "ref": "2006, Wulf Kansteiner, In pursuit of German memory: history, television, and politics after Auschwitz:",
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        "(informal) To be illegitimately compensated a second time for the same activity."
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        "To draw a government pension or benefit for one job while also working in the government at another job, or to draw two pensions at the same time as a result of reaching the retirement criteria twice for the same entity."
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        "(informal) To draw a government pension or benefit for one job while also working in the government at another job, or to draw two pensions at the same time as a result of reaching the retirement criteria twice for the same entity."
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        {
          "text": "SPC Ladies double-dipped the Sudbury Storm in the NSA Canadian World Series.",
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        "(softball) To defeat a team twice in the finals."
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        "To enroll in a single class which will fulfill two different requirements of a course of study."
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        "(higher education) To enroll in a single class which will fulfill two different requirements of a course of study."
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        "(video games) To buy the same game twice, especially on different platforms."
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