DIPPER

bufflehead, butterball, dipper, Bucephela albeola

(noun) small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage

dipper

(noun) a ladle that has a cup with a long handle

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

dipper (plural dippers)

One who, or that which, dips (immerses something, or itself, into a liquid).

Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus that live near fast-flowing streams and feed along the bottom.

A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, for dipping into and ladling out liquids; a ladle or scoop.

(UK, India) The control in a vehicle that switches between high-beam and low-beam (i.e. dips the lights), especially when used to signal other vehicles.

Any snack food intended to be dipped in sauce.

(slang) A pickpocket.

(historical) A person employed in a tin plate works to coat steel plates in molten tin by dipping them.

(historical) A person employed to assist a bather in and out of the sea.

(historical, informal, Christianity) A Baptist or Dunker.

Synonyms

• (pickpocket): see pickpocket

Hyponyms

• (Cinclus): Cinclus cinclus (water ouzel)

Anagrams

• ripped

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Dipper (plural Dippers)

Either the Big Dipper or the Little Dipper (in the singular, chiefly the Big Dipper).

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Dipper

(astronomy) A Chinese constellation located near Sagittarius, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.

Etymology 3

From NDPer (NDP + -er).

Noun

Dipper (plural Dippers)

(Canadian politics, informal) A member or supporter of the Canadian New Democratic Party.

(Canadian politics, informal, attributively) Of or belonging to the New Democratic Party or supporters of it.

Synonyms

• NDPer

• New Democrat

Anagrams

• ripped

Source: Wiktionary

Dip"per, n.

1. One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) A small grebe; the dabchick. (b) The buffel duck. (c) The water ouzel (Cinolus aquaticus) of Europe. (d) The American dipper or ouzel (Cinclus Mexicanus). The Dipper (Astron.), the seven principal stars in the constellation of the Great Bear; popularly so called from their arrangement in the form of a dipper; -- called also Charles's Wain. See Ursa Major, under Ursa.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition