dipstick
(noun) a graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the fluid level
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dipstick (plural dipsticks)
A stick or rod used to measure the depth of a liquid. Often used to check the level at which a liquid in an opaque or inaccessible tank or reservoir stands; gauge.
(slang) A penis.
(slang) A useless person of inferior intellect; a dipshit.
dipstick (third-person singular simple present dipsticks, present participle dipsticking, simple past and past participle dipsticked)
To check (a person) for their understanding of something, as of a lesson, or attitude toward something.
Source: Wiktionary
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
