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Dipper

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Dip·per  (dpr)
n.
1. The Big Dipper.
2. The Little Dipper.

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.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Dipperdipper - 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.DipperDipper - a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris
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.DipperDipper - a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
Great Bear, Ursa Major - a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star
4.Dipperdipper - small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
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.Dipperdipper - small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
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
dipper2 [ˈdɪpəʳ] N big dipper (at fair) → montaña f rusa
the Big Dipper (US) (Astron) → la Osa Mayor
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 Dipperder Große/Kleine Wagen or Bär
dipper [ˈdɪpəʳ] n (ladle) → mestolo (Zool) → merlo acquaiolo
dipper [ˈdɪpəʳ] n (ladle) → mestolo (Zool) → merlo acquaiolo


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The mowers from all sides, brought closer together in the short row, kept urging one another on to the sound of jingling dipper and clanging scythes, and the hiss of the whetstones sharpening them, and good-humored shouts.
The teacher's desk and chair stood on a platform in one corner; there was an uncouth stove, never blackened oftener than once a year, a map of the United States, two blackboards, a ten-quart tin pail of water and long-handled dipper on a corner shelf, and wooden desks and benches for the scholars, who only numbered twenty in Rebecca's time.
I took all the coffee and sugar there was, and all the ammunition; I took the wadding; I took the bucket and gourd; I took a dipper and a tin cup, and my old saw and two blankets, and the skillet and the coffee-pot.
 
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