noun Street Slang

the dip

· noun · la

Jerk-dance move where you drop low on the beat.

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Definitions

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Signature move of the late-2000s LA jerkin' scene — knees buckle, you drop low on the snare, then pop back up. Made famous by crews like the New Boyz and Audio Push when jerk music took over South Central before going global on YouTube.

“Soon as the beat dropped he hit the dip and the whole circle lost it.”
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The actual scene name for the move everyone outside ballroom calls a death drop. You drop backward to the floor, landing on your back with one leg folded and the other in the air, hitting on the beat. It's a whole category of movement, hard and dramatic or soft and slow, but it's always a dip. As choreographer Jason Rodriguez puts it: 'Ballroom calls it a dip. It's not a death drop, or a shablam, or a 5000.'

“Call it a death drop if you want, but in the ballroom it's the dip, and she hit hers like a guillotine.”
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the dip In A Sentence

Soon as the beat dropped he hit the dip and the whole circle lost it.

Origin & Usage

LA jerkin' movement, c. 2008–2010, popularised alongside tracks like 'You're a Jerk' and 'Teach Me How to Jerk'.

Variants dip
Tags #la#hip-hop#jerkin#dance#urban-lingo

People Also Ask

What does "the dip" mean?

It's a jerk-dance move where you drop low on the beat.

How do you use "the dip" in a sentence?

"He hit the dip right on the drop and the whole crowd went off."

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