double-dip (English, verb)
expansion: double-dip (third-person singular simple present double-dips, present participle double-dipping, simple past and past participle double-dipped)
Senses:
glosses: 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
glosses: To be illegitimately compensated a second time for the same activity.
tags: informal
glosses: 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
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: To re-release a movie or TV series, sometimes as a compilation or with additional features.
topics: business
finance
glosses: 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
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
softball
sports
glosses: To defeat a team twice in the finals.
topics: education
higher-education
glosses: To enroll in a single class which will fulfill two different requirements of a course of study.
topics: video-games
glosses: To buy the same game twice, especially on different platforms.
Forms:
form: double-dips
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: double-dipping
tags: participle
present
form: double-dipped
tags: participle
past
form: double-dipped
tags: past
form: double dip
tags: alternative