Dipper

Quick meaning: Dipper is a noun meaning One who, or that which, dips (immerses something, or itself, into a liquid).

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus that live near fast-flowing streams and feed along the bottom.
2. A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, for dipping into and ladling out liquids; a ladle or scoop.
3. Any snack food intended to be dipped in sauce.
4. Someone who dips chewing tobacco or snuff.
5. (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.
6. (slang) A pickpocket.
7. (historical) A person employed in a tin plate works to coat steel plates in molten tin by dipping them.

Example Sentences

chicken dippers

A chocolate dipper dips the cream centers into warm chocolate by hand; when taken out the creams are shaped [...]

When the engine runs the dipper dips in the oil once in every revolution of the crankshaft and the oil is splashed on the cylinder walls.

It is doubtful if the Victorian Londoner needed any warning, for the artful mobsmen, toolers, whizzers and dippers, together with their stickman accomplices, were everywhere in the crowds, in the underground, on railway trains […]

Word Forms

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Synonyms for dipper

Depending on context, synonyms include pickpocket, plough, butterball, bufflehead.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include plough, butterball, bufflehead, scoop, ladle, diver.

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