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dipper
English
Etymology
dip +? -er
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?p?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?d?p?/
- Rhymes: -?p?(r)
Noun
dipper (plural dippers)
- 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), 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.
- 1903, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, page 1189:
- Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus that live near fast-flowing streams and feed along the bottom.
- A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, for dipping into and ladling out liquids; a ladle or scoop.
- (Britain, 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.
- Any snack food intended to be dipped in sauce.
- chicken dippers
- (slang) A pickpocket.
- 1976, Michael Harrison, Beyond Baker Street: A Sherlockian Anthology (page 117)
- 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)
- (historical) A person employed in a tin plate works to coat steel plates in molten tin by dipping them.
- (historical) A person employed to assist a bather in and out of the sea.
- (historical, informal, Christianity) A Baptist or Dunker.
Synonyms
- (pickpocket): see Thesaurus:pickpocket
Hyponyms
- (Cinclus): Cinclus cinclus (water ouzel)
Derived terms
- birds of the genus Cinclus
- white-throated dipper or European 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
Translations
Anagrams
- ripped
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gipper
English
Etymology
gip (“clean [fish] for curing”) +? -er (suffix forming agent nouns)
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) enPR: g??p?r, IPA(key): /???p?/
Noun
gipper (plural gippers)
- (obsolete except dialectal) One who gips (i.e., cleans fish in preparation for curing).
Translations
References
- ‘Gi·pper’ s.v. “Gip, v.” on page 173/1 of § 2 (G) of volume IV (F and G, ed. Henry Bradley, 1901) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)
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- grippe
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