dipper
see also: Dipper
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈdɪpə/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈdɪpɚ/
Noun

dipper (plural dippers)

  1. One who, or that which, dips (immerses something, or itself, into a liquid).
    • 1903, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, page 1189:
      A chocolate dipper dips the cream centers into warm chocolate by hand; when taken out the creams are shaped [...]
    • 2001, Thermal Engineering (Tata McGraw-Hill Education, ISBN 9780074633632), page 472:
      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.
  2. Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus that live near fast-flowing streams and feed along the bottom.
  3. A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, for dipping into and ladling out liquids; a ladle or scoop.
  4. (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.
  5. Any snack food intended to be dipped in sauce.
    chicken dippers
  6. (slang) A pickpocket.
  7. (historical) A person employed in a tin plate works to coat steel plates in molten tin by dipping them.
  8. (historical) A person employed to assist a bather in and out of the sea.
  9. (historical, informal, Christianity) A Baptist or Dunker.
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Dipper
Proper noun
  1. The Big Dipper.
    • 2005, Bob Berman, Strange Universe: The Weird and Wild Science of Everyday Life--on Earth and Beyond, Macmillan (ISBN 9780805075830), page 152:
      Use the Dipper as home base. Follow the two end stars of its bowl to [...] Polaris, the North Star.
Proper noun
  1. (astronomy) A Chinese constellation located near Sagittarius, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.
Noun

dipper (plural dippers)

  1. (Canadian politics, informal) A member or supporter of the Canadian New Democratic Party.
    • 2011 Apr 11, Lysiane Gagnon, "In Quebec, the NDP is No. 2 ↗," The Globe and Mail (retrieved 11 May 2011):
      But the Dippers should hold their applause, since their party doesn't have the grassroots organization or the roster of good candidates it needs to capitalize on their leader's popularity.
  2. (Canadian politics, informal, attributively) Of or belonging to the New Democratic Party or supporters of it.
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