dipsticknoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdɪp.stɪk/us/ˈdɪp.stɪk/dipstick noun [ C ] (MEASURE)
a long, thin stick for measuring the amount of liquid in a container, especially the oil in a car engine
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Measuring, weighing, & counting devices
- calculator
- calipers
- detector
- gradation
- hydrograph
- instrument
- light meter
- manometer
- meter
- micrometer
- potometer
- rangefinder
- ruler
- scope
- sensor
- spirit level
- tape measure
- theodolite
- voltmeter
- weighbridge
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dipstick noun [ C ] (PERSON)
slang a silly person
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Stupid and silly people
- a right one idiom
- airhead
- asshole
- berk
- birdbrain
- dolt
- doofus
- dork
- duffer
- dullard
- mouth-breather
- muggins
- muppet
- mutt
- need
- silly billy idiom
- simpleton
- stupid
- thicko
- tosser
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