1. A ladle that has a cup with a long handle
   "She used a dipper to serve punch from the large bowl"
    
2. Small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
   "The dipper dove into the rushing river, searching for aquatic insects";
   - water ouzel
    
3. Small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
   "A dipper bobbed on the surface before diving for fish";
   - bufflehead, butterball [N. Amer], Bucephala albeola

1. A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
   - Big Dipper [N. Amer], Plough [Brit], Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon
    
2. A cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris
   - Little Dipper

Derived forms: dippers

Type of: asterism, duck, ladle, oscine, oscine bird

Part of: Bucephala, Cinclidae, family Cinclidae, genus Bucephala, Great Bear, Little Bear, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor

Encyclopedia: Dipper