double-dip
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Definitions
noun
- An ice cream cone with two scoops of ice cream.“We each got double-dips with chocolate on top and strawberry on the bottom.”
- (roller coasters) A hill that levels off for a while about halfway down.
- Ellipsis of double-dip recession“The UK is currently experiencing a double-dip.”
- 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.
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.“I don't mind double-dipping when eating with my family, but I'd be embarrassed to do it when out with friends.”
- To be illegitimately compensated a second time for the same activity.“He got caught double-dipping by billing the government directly as well as the primary contractor.”
- 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.
- To re-release a movie or TV series, sometimes as a compilation or with additional features.
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