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单词 dipper
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dipper in British English

(ˈdɪpə)
noun
1. 
a ladle used for dipping
2.  Also called: water ouzel
any aquatic songbird of the genus Cinclus and family Cinclidae, esp C. cinclus. They inhabit fast-flowing streams and resemble large wrens
3.  a slang word for pickpocket
4. 
a person or thing that dips, such as the mechanism for directing car headlights downwards
5. 
a small metal cup clipped onto a painter's palette for holding diluent or medium
6.  archaic
an Anabaptist
See also big dipper

dipper in American English

(ˈdɪpər)
noun
1. 
a person whose work is dipping something in liquid
2.  US
a long-handled cup or similar container for dipping
3. 
any of a family (Cinclidae) of passerine birds living near swift streams in which they wade and dive in search of insects, larvae, etc.; water ouzel
4.  [D-] see Big Dipper, Little Dipper, the
Derived forms
dipperful (ˈdipperˌful)
nounWord forms: plural ˈdipperˌfuls

Examples of 'dipper' in a sentence
dipper

The guard came to the window, warned my fellow prisoner back from the door, and then ventured inside with a bucket and a dipper.
Robin Hobb THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN (2002)
This time he was watching a dipper immersing its white throat and bitter chocolate body in the spangling brown waters.
Salley Vickers MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY (2002)

All related terms of 'dipper'

big dipper
A big dipper is a fairground ride that carries people up and down steep slopes on a narrow railway at high speed.
double-dipper
someone who receives a government pension and salary at the same time
Little Dipper
a dipper-shaped group of stars in the constellation Ursa Minor
the Little Dipper
a small faint constellation , the brightest star of which is the Pole Star, lying 1° from the true celestial pole
the Plough
the group of the seven brightest stars in the constellation Ursa Major
the Little Bear
a small faint constellation , the brightest star of which is the Pole Star, lying 1° from the true celestial pole
double-dipping
the act of receiving a government pension and salary at the same time
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