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double-dip

noun

🔊/ˌdʌbl ˈdɪp/

🔊/ˌdʌbl ˈdɪp/

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(North American English) an ice cream cone with two balls of ice cream
- a double-dip vanilla双浸香草
(also double-dip recession)
a recession (= difficult time for the economy of a country) during which a period of economic decline is followed by a brief period of economic growth, before the economy starts to decline again

double-dip

verb

🔊/ˌdʌbl ˈdɪp/

🔊/ˌdʌbl ˈdɪp/

(North American English, informal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they double-dip	🔊/ˌdʌbl ˈdɪp/ 🔊/ˌdʌbl ˈdɪp/
he / she / it double-dips	🔊/ˌdʌbl ˈdɪps/ 🔊/ˌdʌbl ˈdɪps/
past simple double-dipped	🔊/ˌdʌbl ˈdɪpt/ 🔊/ˌdʌbl ˈdɪpt/
past participle double-dipped	🔊/ˌdʌbl ˈdɪpt/ 🔊/ˌdʌbl ˈdɪpt/
-ing form double-dipping	🔊/ˌdʌbl ˈdɪpɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌdʌbl ˈdɪpɪŋ/

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to get an income from two different sources in an illegal way
- He was double-dipping by claiming back tax on expenses that his company had already reimbursed him for.他要求对公司已经偿还给他的费用补缴税款，这是他的两次加税。