dipper

See also:Dipper

English

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishdippere;equivalent todip+‎-er.

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/ˈdɪpə/
• (US)IPA^(key):/ˈdɪpɚ/

• Audio(General Australian):

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• Rhymes:-ɪpə(ɹ)

Noun

dipper(pluraldippers)

1. One who, or that which,dips(immerses something, or itself, into a liquid).
   • 1903,Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900,page1189:

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

   • 2001,Thermal Engineering,Tata McGraw-Hill Education,→ISBN,page472:

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

2. Any of various smallpasserinebirdsof the genusCinclusthat live near fast-flowing streams and feed along the bottom.
3. Acup-shapedvesselwith a longhandle,fordippinginto andladlingoutliquids;aladleorscoop.
4. (UK,India)The control in a vehicle that switches betweenhigh-beamandlow-beam(i.e.dipsthe lights), especially when used to signal other vehicles.
5. Anysnackfoodintended to be dipped insauce.

   chickendippers

6. Someone who dipschewing tobaccoorsnuff.
7. (slang)Apickpocket.
   • 1976,Michael Harrison,Beyond Baker Street: A Sherlockian Anthology,page117:

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

8. (historical)A person employed in atin plateworkstocoatsteelplatesinmoltentin by dipping them.
9. (historical)A person employed toassistabatherin and out of thesea.
10. (historical,informal,Christianity)ABaptistorDunker.

Synonyms

• (pickpocket):seeThesaurus:pickpocket

Hyponyms

• (Cinclus):Cinclus cinclus(water ouzel)

Derived terms

birds of the genusCinclus

• white-throated dipperorEuropean dipper(Cinclus cinclus)
• brown dipper,Cinclus pallasii
• American dipper,Cinclus mexicanus
• white-capped dipper,Cinclus leucocephalus
• rufous-throated dipper,Cinclus schulzii

cup-shaped vessel with a handle

• Big Dipper
• Little Dipper

other terms (some may be derived from above terms)

• autem dipper
• big dipper
• dipper well
• fanny dipper
• faster than a minnow can swim a dipper
• honey dipper
• quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper
• robin dipper
• skinny dipper
• skinny-dipper

Descendants

• →Kashubian:dyper(Canada, United States)

Translations

one who, or that which, dips

bird

• Armenian:ջրաճնճղուկ(ǰračnčġuk)
• Bulgarian:во́ден косm(vóden kos)
• Catalan:merla d'aiguaf
• Czech:skorec
• Dutch:waterspreeuw(nl)
• Finnish:koskikara(fi)
• German:Wasseramsel(de)f
• Irish:gabha dubhm
• Italian:merlo acquaiolo(it)m
• Macedonian:косm(kos)
• Polish:pluszczm
• Portuguese:melro-peixeiro(pt)m,melro-aquáticom,melro-d'água(pt)m
• Russian:оля́пка(ru)f(oljápka)
• Scottish Gaelic:gobha-uisgem,gobhachanm
• Spanish:mirlo acuáticom
• Swedish:strömstare(sv)
• Welsh:bronwen y dŵrf,trochwrm

vessel

• Bikol Central:tabo(bcl)
• Bulgarian:черпа́к(bg)m(čerpák)
• Catalan:cassó(ca)m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Muỗng(zh)(sháo),Cái muỗng(zh)(yǎozi)

• Dutch:pollepel(nl)
• Finnish:kauha(fi)
• French:louche(fr)f
• German:Kelle(de)f,Schöpflöffel(de)m
• Greek:

  Ancient:κύαθοςm(kúathos)

• Indonesian:gayung(id),sauk(id)
• Italian:mestolo(it)m
• Latin:trullaf
• Manado Malay:falo-falo
• Plautdietsch:Schapkjen
• Polish:chochla(pl)f
• Romanian:căuș(ro)n
• Russian:ковш(ru)m(kovš),черпа́к(ru)m(čerpák),поло́вник(ru)m(polóvnik)
• Shor:омаш
• Spanish:cucharón(es)m
• Swahili:dila(sw)
• Tagalog:tabo
• Turkish:kepçe(tr)
• Tày:buôi
• Venetian:mescol(vec)m,méscoƚom
• Vietnamese:gáo(vi)

Baptist, Dunker

• Welsh:trochwrm

Anagrams

• ripped