as in fool
a person who lacks good sense or judgment
which dipstick used the good china as a dog dish?
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Recent Examples of dipstick
Inspect the soil surface for dryness and poke your finger into the potting mix as an easy dipstick method.
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Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2025
Forry pulled out the oil dipstick and waved it in the air.
—Oliver Whang, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
Gilbert compares individual antibody titers with a dipstick for oil in a car.
—Tasnim Ahmed, CNN, 22 Mar. 2022
No longer is there a dipstick.
—Bob Weber, chicagotribune.com, 21 Oct. 2021
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Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2025
Forry pulled out the oil dipstick and waved it in the air.
—Oliver Whang, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
Gilbert compares individual antibody titers with a dipstick for oil in a car.
—Tasnim Ahmed, CNN, 22 Mar. 2022
No longer is there a dipstick.
—Bob Weber, chicagotribune.com, 21 Oct. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dipstick
Noun
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Don’t let the term ‘first flat’ fool you—Diana’s early digs were anything but shabby.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
23 Feb. 2026
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Arguing with the guru, it was said, was a fool’s response, like kicking gold.—
Blair Glaser,
Fortune,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Even then, though, the popular take — the story of the lunatics taking over asylum — didn’t sit right with me.—
Paul Fischer,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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Beating these lunatics was incredible, right?—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Hitting out at its northern neighbour, the White House posted an image of an American bald eagle trampling a Canadian goose.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
23 Feb. 2026
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The White House post on Sunday topped Trudeau’s comments with an image of what appeared to be an eagle attacking a Canadian goose.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This drunk moron — quite different from his character in the novel — bears a ton of blame.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Each room is equipped with a pantry and fridge stocked with snacks like popcorn, nuts, cookies, sparkling water, and soda, which are available for purchase.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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Certain Nuts and Seeds Among nuts, pistachios are the highest in melatonin, but some other nuts, such as walnuts and almonds, are also a source of the sleep hormone.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Many Americans believe White House deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland-security adviser Stephen Miller is a cruel, ruthless maniac intent on turning the country into an authoritarian ethno-state.—
John Ficarra,
Air Mail,
14 Feb. 2026
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However, unexpected and decidedly unwelcome guests keep turning up, including Beau’s brother, and a man who might be a homicidal maniac.—
Matthew J. Palm,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Dipstick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dipstick. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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