Thesaurus results for DIPPER

dipper

noun

ˈdi-pər

as in spoon

a utensil with a bowl and a handle that is used especially in cooking and serving food the metal dipper left in the stew pot was too hot to touch

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Recent Examples of dipper Every time stocks take a step back in reaction to bad news, a relentless wave of buy-the-dippers has sent them back upward again. —

Jim Edwards, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026 Heinz said the company's new dipper product was created out of a need for a solution to a common struggles faced by many ketchup users. —

Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 17 Jan. 2026 The Pleiades, by contrast, sit about 440 light-years from Earth and resemble a tiny dipper. —

Joe Rao, Space.com, 16 Jan. 2026 By the way, Hassan is allegedly a double-dipper fraudster. —

Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dipper

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spoon

Noun

As the sun sank, neighbors began banging spoons on metal pots from inside their homes, the subtle but unmistakable clank of government protests.

— Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
Francis’ patent drawing has a complete spoon bowl with tines appearing out the front.

— James Stout, Outside, 29 Mar. 2026