different between dipper vs spoon
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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spoon
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: spo?on
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /spu?n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /spun/
- Rhymes: -u?n
Etymology 1
From Middle English spoon, spoune, spone, spon (“spoon, chip of wood”), from Old English sp?n (“sliver, chip of wood, shaving”), from Proto-Germanic *sp?nuz (“chip, flake, shaving”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh?- (“chip, shaving, log, length of wood”).
Cognate with Scots spun, spon (“spoon, shingle”), West Frisian spoen, Dutch spaan (“chip, flinders”), German Span (“chip, flake, shaving”), Faroese spónur (“wood chip; spoon”), Ancient Greek ???? (sph?n, “wedge”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English cuculer and coclear (“spoon”) both ultimately borrowed from the Latin.
The "unit of energy" semse was coined by writer, speaker and lupus patient advocate Christine Miserandino in 2003.
Noun
spoon (plural spoons)
- An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
- An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.
- A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.
- (golf, archaic) A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern three wood.
- (slang) An oar.
- 1877, The Country (volumes 1-2, page 339)
- To this class college rowing offers no attractions or place, nor are they generally looked upon by the artists of the "spoons" as a desirable addition […]
- 1877, The Country (volumes 1-2, page 339)
- (fishing) A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a tablespoon.
- (dentistry, informal) A spoon excavator.
- (figuratively, slang, archaic) A simpleton, a spooney.
- 1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Chapter 23
- To get all the advantages of being with men of this sort, you must know how to draw your inferences and not be a spoon who takes things literally.
- 1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Chapter 23
- (US, military) A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.
- (slang) A metaphoric unit of energy available for daily activities.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
spoon (third-person singular simple present spoons, present participle spooning, simple past and past participle spooned)
- To serve using a spoon; to transfer (something) with a spoon.
- (intransitive, dated) To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 7
- Do you think we spoon and do? We only talk.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 7
- (transitive or intransitive, informal, of persons) To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.
- 1905 "If the Man in the Moon were a Coon"
- No roaming 'round the park at night / No spooning in the bright moonlight
- 1905 "If the Man in the Moon were a Coon"
- (tennis, golf, croquet) To hit (the ball) weakly, pushing it with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.
- (intransitive) To fish with a concave spoon bait.
- (transitive) To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait.
- 1888, Mrs. Humphry Ward, Robert Elsmere
- He had with him all the tackle necessary for spooning pike.
- 1888, Mrs. Humphry Ward, Robert Elsmere
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- cutlery
- ladle
- silverware
Etymology 2
Origin uncertain. Compare spoom.
Verb
spoon (third-person singular simple present spoons, present participle spooning, simple past and past participle spooned)
- Alternative form of spoom
- We might have spooned before the wind as well as they.
Derived terms
- spoon-drift
Translations
Anagrams
- Poons, no-ops, opson, poons, snoop
Middle English
Noun
spoon
- Alternative form of spone
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