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
By the way, Hassan is allegedly a double-dipper fraudster.
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Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
Today, Sunnie snack pack dippers, like Flatbread Pizza and S’more, increase their presence not just in natural grocery stores, but today entering 500 Target stores in every state across the US.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
And get creative with the dippers!
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2025
The benchmark disc’s shots of bright, colorful objects like honey dippers and flowers against completely black backgrounds serve as torture tests for LED TVs in terms of light bloom.
—PC Magazine, 30 July 2025
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Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
Today, Sunnie snack pack dippers, like Flatbread Pizza and S’more, increase their presence not just in natural grocery stores, but today entering 500 Target stores in every state across the US.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
And get creative with the dippers!
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2025
The benchmark disc’s shots of bright, colorful objects like honey dippers and flowers against completely black backgrounds serve as torture tests for LED TVs in terms of light bloom.
—PC Magazine, 30 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for dipper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dipper
spoon
Noun
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Return chicken and mushrooms to pan and cook, basting with sauce with a large spoon, until warmed through, about 1 minute.—
Hana Asbrink,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Add sausage and cook, breaking up meat with wooden spoon, until no longer pink, about 4 minutes.—
Gretchen McKay,
Twin Cities,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Dipper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dipper. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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