double-dip
Frequency: 4.00 in modern English
Meaning
noun
A hill that levels off for a while about halfway down.
noun
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.
Informal
verb
To dip a piece of food (e.g. a chip) into a communal sauce container after already having taken a bite of the food.
Informal
verb
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.
Informal
verb
To re-release a movie or TV series, sometimes as a compilation or with additional features.
Example Sentences
- "We each got double-dips with chocolate on top and strawberry on the bottom."
- "The UK is currently experiencing a double-dip."
- "I don't mind double-dipping when eating with my family, but I'd be embarrassed to do it when out with friends."
- "He got caught double-dipping by billing the government directly as well as the primary contractor."
- "They worried about the possibility that some forced laborers, in particular Jewish survivors, might be double-dipping, that is, that they might be collecting compensation for their work as forced laborers while continuing to receive payments as Holocaust survivors and thus absorbing funds that should be directed toward other groups of victims […]"
- "SPC Ladies double-dipped the Sudbury Storm in the NSA Canadian World Series."