dipping

n. rocking or bouncing a vehicle by alternately hitting the gas and brakes or by quickly adjusting a hydraulic suspension. Subjects: English, Automobiles & Transportation

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Citations: 1995 Niels Janssen Usenet: rec.music.hip-hop (Sept. 14) “Totally Unofficial Rap-Dictionary (Bi-weekly Posting, part 1/2)”: Dipping is what a car with a hydraulic suspension does. 2004 Shaheem Reid MTVNews.com (Nov. 8) “Hyphy: Crunk, Northern-California Style”: One popular example of kids acting hyphy or “going dumb” is “gas-brake dippin’.” In the Bay, they pile into their cars and, instead of driving normally, they’ll hit the gas, then quickly hit the brake; hit the gas, hit the brake; hit the gas, hit the brake. And when they really want to get into it, they open all the doors on the vehicle, turn the music to its loudest possible volume and…You guessed it: Hit the gas, hit the brake. 2005 Harry Harris, Laura Casey Oakland Tribune (Feb. 7) “Future father is shot to death”: According to Green, some of Baeza’s passengers said the other van was “dipping,” a street term meaning the driver would “hit the gas, then brake, then swerve to make it rock.” 2005 Louis Sahagun @ Oakland, Calif. Los Angeles Times (Mar. 7) “Deadly Swerves and Spins”: Maneuvers include sidin’—another term for doughnuts—and dippin’, in which a driver hits the brakes and the gas to make a car rock back and forth in time to, say, Tupac Shakur’s “Starin’ in My Rearview” or Mac Dre’s “Thizzelle Dance,” a slang reference to Ecstasy. 2005 Harry Harris, Laura Casey @ Oakland The Argus (California) (Aug. 9) “Man captured, admits killing father-to-be in February”: Baeza’s passengers said Gonzalez’s van, which was alongside theirs, was “dipping,” a street term for a driver hitting the gas then braking and swerving to make it rock.

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