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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dipper
spoon
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The camera returned one more time to show the mom placing a second spoon into her cup and wiping off excess dripping from the sides with a napkin.—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Apr. 2026
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In the clip from the April 4 game, the ESPN broadcast team noticed a woman in the stands holding a chocolate and vanilla ice cream cone with sprinkles in one hand and two empty cups with two spoons in the other.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Dipper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dipper. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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