dip/put/stick a toe in the water

: to plunge or immerse momentarily or partially under the surface (as of a liquid) so as to moisten, cool, or coat

: to thrust in a way to suggest immersion

: to immerse (an animal, such as a sheep or dog) in an antiseptic or parasiticidal solution

: an act of dipping

: inclination downward:

: pitch

: a stupid or unsophisticated person

: to place in a specified position or relationship : lay

: to move in a specified direction

: to send (something, such as a weapon or missile) into or through something : thrust

: a throw made with an overhand pushing motion

: an option to sell a specified amount of a security (such as a stock) or commodity (such as wheat) at a fixed price at or within a specified time — compare call 3d

: being in place : fixed, set

: a woody piece or part of a tree or shrub: such as

: a usually dry or dead severed shoot, twig, or slender branch

: a cut or broken branch or piece of wood gathered for fuel or construction material

: to hit or propel (something, such as a hockey puck) with a stick

: to pierce with something pointed : stab

: to kill by piercing

: to push or thrust so as or as if to pierce

: a thrust with a pointed instrument : stab

: delay, stop

: impediment

: one of the terminal members of the vertebrate foot

: the fore end of a foot or hoof

: a terminal segment of a limb of an invertebrate

: to touch, reach, or drive with the toe

: to furnish with a toe

: to drive (something, such as a nail) obliquely

: the liquid that descends from the clouds as rain, forms streams, lakes, and seas, and is a major constituent of all living matter and that when pure is an odorless, tasteless, very slightly compressible liquid oxide of hydrogen H₂O which appears bluish in thick layers, freezes at 0° C and boils at 100° C, has a maximum density at 4° C and a high specific heat, is feebly ionized to hydrogen and hydroxyl ions, and is a poor conductor of electricity and a good solvent

: a natural mineral water

: a particular quantity or body of water: such as

: to moisten, sprinkle, or soak with water

: to supply with water for drink

: to supply water to