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 Definitions of Dipper  [ˈdɪp ər]  

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Definition of 'Dipper' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) dipper
a cuplike container with a long handle, used for dipping.

Etymology:  (1350–1400)

Definition of 'Dipper' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) dipper
a ladle that has a cup with a long handle

2. (noun) Little Dipper, Dipper
a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris

3. (noun) Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon
a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major

4. (noun) bufflehead, butterball, dipper, Bucephela albeola
small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage

5. (noun) water ouzel, dipper
small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom


Definition of 'Dipper' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Dipper
one who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle

2. (noun) Dipper
a small grebe; the dabchick

3. (noun) Dipper
the buffel duck

4. (noun) Dipper
the water ouzel (Cinolus aquaticus) of Europe

5. (noun) Dipper
the American dipper or ouzel (Cinclus Mexicanus)



'Dipper' - Nearby Entries  

dipole moment  dipped  dippel's oil  dipper  dippers  dipsacaceae  dipsacus fullonum  



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