Dipper Meaning
/ˈdɪpə/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne who, or that which, dips (immerses something, or itself, into a liquid).
nounAny of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus that live near fast-flowing streams and feed along the bottom.
Sentence Examples
You can find the Big Dipper easily.
One constellation that most people know is the Big Dipper.
Ursa Major looks like a dipper.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The chef used a metal ____ to transfer the hot soup into individual bowls.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
You can find the Big ____ easily.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English dippere; equivalent to dip + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"A chocolate dipper dips the cream centers into warm chocolate by hand; when taken out the creams are shaped [...]"
— 1903, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, page 1189:
"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."
— 2001, Thermal Engineering, Tata McGraw-Hill Education, →ISBN, page 472:
"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 […]"
— 1976, Michael Harrison, Beyond Baker Street: A Sherlockian Anthology, page 117:
"In the Big Dipper, or Ursa Major, there are two stars which form the side of the dipper farthest from the handle. The line of these two [...] will strike the Pole Star. [...] A convenient sort of celestial yardstick is the distance from the first pointer of the Dipper to the Pole Star, which is about 28°."
— 1912, Carroll Davidson Wright, The New Century Book of Facts: A Handbook of Ready Reference ..., page 599:
"You can see the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper almost every night. You can see the Dippers every night if the clouds do not cover them. The Dippers seem to move. They are not always in the same place. You see the Dippers in one place […]"
— 1959, Grade 2. Singer science all the year:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The chef used a metal ____ to transfer the hot soup into individual bowls.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
You can find the Big ____ easily.