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Dipstick
Dipstick meaning
A stick or rod used to measure the depth of a liquid. Often used to check the level at which a liquid in an opaque or inaccessible tank or reservoir stands; gauge. | An exciseman or supervisor who measures with a dipstick. | The penis.
Example sentences (7)
Before you remove the dipstick, take note of where it slots back into the engine.
Simply turn off the vehicle engine, remove the oil dipstick, wipe clean and re-insert into the slot.
You can check the oil using a dipstick.
The dipstick test Dr Young and colleagues are proposing would cost about £10, saving potentially millions of pounds.
The user places the used dipstick onto the colour-coded chart and takes a photo with their smartphone, which is automatically sent to a cloud via the app.
I dutifully passed out my delicious FunDips, only to have my crush snap his dipstick and toss his packet in the trash.
This is because albumin is by far the dominant plasma protein, and bromphenol blue the agent used in the dipstick is specific to albumin.