Dipper

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that dips, especially a container for taking up water.
  • n. One of several small birds of the genus Cinclus that dive into swift-moving streams and feed along the bottom. Also called water ouzel.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus that live near fast-flowing streams and feed along the bottom.
  • n. A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, for dipping out liquids.
  • n. pickpocket
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle.
  • n.
  • n. A small grebe; the dabchick.
  • n. The buffel duck.
  • n. The water ouzel (Cinolus aquaticus) of Europe.
  • n. The American dipper or ouzel (Cinclus Mexicanus).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who or that which dips. Specifically
  • n. [capitalized] [Cf. dopper.] Same as Dunker.
  • n. In paper manufacturing, the workman who mixes the pulp and puts it upon the mold.
  • n. One who dips snuff. See to dip snuff, under dip, v. t.
  • n. A bird of the genus Cinclus or family Cinclidœ: so called because it dips, ducks, or dives under water.
  • n.
  • n. Any swimming bird which dives with great ease and rapidity, as a grebe, dab-chick, or didapper; especially, in the United States, the buffle, Bucephala albeola, which is also called spirit-duck for the same reason. See cut under buffle.
  • n. A vessel of wood, iron, or tin, with a handle usually long and straight, used to dip water or other liquid.
  • n. [capitalized] The popular name in the United States of the seven principal stars in Ursa Major, or the Great Bear: so called from their being arranged in the form of the vessel called a dipper. The corresponding stars in Ursa Minor are called the Little Dipper. See cuts under Ursa.
  • n. In photography, a holder or lifter for plunging plates into a sensitizing or fixing bath; especially, such a holder used in the wet-plate process for plunging the collodionized plate into the sensitizing bath of nitrate of silver.
  • n. A simple form of scoop-dredge. See dredging-machine.
  • n. In ceramics, a workman who dips ware in the glazing or coloring preparation: See dipped.
  • n. Any of the gastropod mollusks of the genus Bulla.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
  • n. a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
  • n. small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
  • n. a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris
  • n. small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ladle    asterism    duck   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ladle    water ouzel   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Flipper    chipper    clipper    flipper    hipper    kipper    lipper    nipper    ripper    shipper   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ladle    snuffer    mop    washtub    saucepan    gripper    crappie    macaroon    stirrer    racquet