Dipper
['dɪpɚ]
['dɪpə] or ['dɪpɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle.
(n.) A small grebe; the dabchick.
(n.) The buffel duck.
(n.) The water ouzel (Cinolus aquaticus) of Europe.
(n.) The American dipper or ouzel (Cinclus Mexicanus).
Inputed by Armand
Definition
n. a genus of birds in the Thrush family that find their food by diving into streams or lakes: a kind of Baptist or Dunker.
Editor: Susanna
Examples
- At No. 3 a tin dipper, which has been immersed in liquid air, has become so cold and crystalline that it breaks like glass when dropped. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- For instance, if a dipper full of the liquid air is drawn, in an instant the outside of the dipper is covered with a coating of frost deposited upon it from the surrounding atmosphere. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At another time the tin dipper that hung by the tank of drinking-water temporarily disappeared. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He also connected the nail on which the dipper hung with a wire attached to an electric battery. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- When it was returned Edison put up a sign, reading, Please return this dipper. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- After that the dipper stayed in its place under penalty of a wrenched arm for moving it without first disconnecting the battery. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The dipper dredge, an exclusively American type, has a bucket rigidly attached to a projecting timber arm. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Inputed by Deborah