Double dip or double dipping may refer to: Food , biting a chip and then re-dipping it into a dip Double Dip (confectionery), flavored powders with an edible stick to dip into them Originally it means taking twice the portion of everyone else from a common food source; as dipping the ladle in twice into soup, stew, porridge etc. when others are doled out one ladleful. Economics Double-dipping, the practice of releasing multiple special editions of a media product to consumers or of being illegitimately compensated a second time for the same activity Double-dip recession, a recession shape used by economists Other Double Dip, a "lifeline" in the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? franchise Double dip (roller coaster element), a downward portion of a "hill" which is divided into two separate drops Double dipping, metaphor for circular analysis in statistics Double dipping (in US political commentary) or dual mandate, an elected official holding more than one elected or public position concurrently Double dipping, a hybrid open-access model used by journals to receive payments for guaranteeing open access of an article while also charging readers for accessing it See also "Second Bite of the Apple" Three Bites of the Apple