Dipper - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈdɪpər|
Brit.
|ˈdɪpə|
noun
- a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
- a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris
- a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major (syn: plough, wagon, wain)
- small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
- small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
- a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris
- a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major (syn: plough, wagon, wain)
- small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
- small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
Extra examples
...the metal dipper left in the stew pot was too hot to touch...
The little tin dipper was scratched all over.
Little Dipper
The constellation Ursa Major contains the stars of the Big Dipper.
The Big Dipper is an asterism within the constellation Ursa Major.
Word forms
noun
singular: dipper
plural: dippers
singular: dipper
plural: dippers
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