Dipper

Dip·per  (dpr)

n.

1. The Big Dipper.

2. The Little Dipper.

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dip·per  (dpr)

n.

1. One that dips, especially a container for taking up water.

2. One of several small birds of the genus Cinclus that dive into swift-moving streams and feed along the bottom. Also called water ouzel.

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dipper [ˈdɪpə]

n

1. (Cookery) a ladle used for dipping

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called water ouzel any aquatic songbird of the genus Cinclus and family Cinclidae, esp C. cinclus. They inhabit fast-flowing streams and resemble large wrens

3. a slang word for pickpocket

4. a person or thing that dips, such as the mechanism for directing car headlights downwards

5. a small metal cup clipped onto a painter's palette for holding diluent or medium

6. (Historical Terms) Archaic an Anabaptist See also big dipper

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dipper - a ladle that has a cup with a long handle ladle - a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
	2.	Dipper - a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris Little Dipper Little Bear, Ursa Minor - a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star North Star, polar star, Polaris, pole star, polestar - the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it
	3.	Dipper - a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major Big Dipper, Charles's Wain, Plough, Wain, Wagon Great Bear, Ursa Major - a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star
	4.	dipper - small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage Bucephela albeola, bufflehead, butterball duck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs Bucephala, genus Bucephala - buffleheads and goldeneyes
	5.	dipper - small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom water ouzel oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus Cinclidae, family Cinclidae - water ouzels Cinclus aquaticus, European water ouzel - a water ouzel of Europe American water ouzel, Cinclus mexicanus - a water ouzel of western North America

Translations

dipper¹ [ˈdɪpəʳ] N (Orn) → mirlo m acuático

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dipper² [ˈdɪpəʳ] N big dipper (at fair) → montaña f rusa
the Big Dipper (US) (Astron) → la Osa Mayor

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dipper³ [ˈdɪpəʳ] N (Culin) → cazo m, cucharón m

dipper

n

(= ladle) → Schöpflöffel m, → Kelle f

(Tech, = person) → Eintaucher(in) m(f)

(Orn) → Taucher m, → Tauchente f

(Tech, = bulldozer) → Bagger m; (= scoop) → Schaufel f

(at fair: also Big Dipper) → Achterbahn f

(Brit, Aut, for headlamps) → Abblendschalter m

(US Astron) the Big or Great/Little Dipper → der Große/Kleine Wagen or Bär

dipper [ˈdɪpəʳ] n (ladle) → mestolo (Zool) → merlo acquaiolo