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Dipper

Dipper meaning

One who, or that which, dips (immerses something, or itself, into a liquid). | 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.

Example sentences (20)

One of the other paddlers breaks the reverie, discovering that the Big Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major, and the Little Dipper, Ursa Minor, now show themselves.

To find Polaris, face north and locate the Big Dipper (Plough) and Little Dipper asterisms.

Ursa Minor is colloquially known in the US as the Little Dipper because its seven brightest stars seem to form the shape of a dipper ( ladle or scoop).

Food and beverages will be available beginning at 5 p.m. Vendors joining us this year include Buckeye Burgers, Nou Street Food, Pa’s Pork, Raging Bull Wood Fired Pizza, Susie’s Big Dipper, Bolasko’s Concessions and Kona Ice.

Not far from the end of the Dipper’s handle, you’ll see a super bright orange star.

The Big Dipper is part of the constellation Ursa Major, which is also known as the Great Bear.

Big Dipper posted on social media a few days ago that they have a new secret menu item inspired by the movie.

Chili's' new appetizer, the Nashville Hot Mozz, builds on the popularity of their Triple Dipper.

If McDonald’s can get a second act abroad out of its counterintuitively-named mascot’s sudden fame with Gen Z, maybe Chili’s could run a deal that got picked up by the same set and induce a second bump, or even double dip on the Triple Dipper.

If you look from a Northern Hemisphere location around the time of the solstice, you’ll find the Big Dipper and the star Kochab well up in the north-northeast at around 1 a.m. your local time.

People apparently can’t get enough of the Big Smasher burger, $6 margaritas and Triple Dipper combination platters at Chili’s.

We won’t worry about the rest of the Big Bear right now; we’ll concentrate on the Big Dipper, hanging upside down in the early evening May sky.

A few, such as the Big Dipper in the United States, seem to be flourishing.

Ditto for the Big Dipper.

From Tanis Borealis and Tanis Australis look for two more stars that form a curved line to the upper right that links up with the bright star Phecda, the corner of the Big Dipper’s pot (or the rear end of Ursa Major).

Grunkle Stan (also voiced by creator Alex Hirsch) takes in Mabel and Dipper for the summer and is a savvy con man throughout the series.

Part of that gang includes the Pleiades, the best star cluster in the sky, resembling a miniature Big Dipper.

Shifting to the northeast, the Big Dipper should be coming over the horizon now.

The follow-up to last year’s is out through Little Dipper/Rise.

The Little Dipper is also more formally known as Ursa Minor, the Little Bear.