dipper meaning and definition

DIPPER noun

Definition of dipper (noun)

1. a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
2. a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris
   • synonyms: Little Dipper
3. a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
   • synonyms: Big Dipper, Charles's Wain, Plough, Wagon, Wain
4. small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
   • synonyms: Bucephela albeola, bufflehead, butterball
5. small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
   • synonyms: water ouzel