definition of
dipper

[1] #1 dipper n. a ladle that has a cup with a long handle. wn

[2] #2 dipper n. [Little Dipper, Dipper] a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris. wn

[3] #3 dipper n. [Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon] a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major. wn

[4] #4 dipper n. [bufflehead, butterball, Bucephela albeola] small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage. wn

[5] #5 dipper n. [water ouzel] small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom. wn