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Noun dipper has 5 senses
- dipper - a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
--1 is a kind of Baptist denomination; ladle; Baptist denomination; ladle
--1 has particulars:
- Little Dipper, Dipper - a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris
--2 is a kind of asterism; asterism
--2 is a part of Little Bear, Ursa Minor
--2 has members:
- Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon - a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
--3 is a kind of asterism; asterism
--3 is a part of Great Bear, Ursa Major
- bufflehead, butterball, dipper, Bucephela albeola - small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
--4 is a kind of duck; duck
--4 is a member of Bucephala, genus Bucephala
- water ouzel, dipper - small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
--5 is a kind of oscine, oscine bird; oscine, oscine bird
--5 is a member of Cinclidae, family Cinclidae
--5 has particulars:
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