Meanings
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1
noun
a cup-shaped container with a long handle, used to scoop and pour liquids
He filled the tin dipper at the well and passed it to the thirsty traveler.
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2
noun
a small, dark songbird of the genus Cinclus that dives and walks underwater in fast-flowing streams
A dipper bobbed on a rock before plunging into the current for insects.
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3
noun
a person or device that dips something into a liquid or coating
The factory's chocolate dipper coated each center by hand.
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Etymology
From Middle English dippere, formed from dip + the agent suffix -er. The word first meant a person or thing that dips; it was then applied to long-handled scoops and to aquatic birds whose feeding movements repeatedly take them beneath the water.