Dipper - Definition

n 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 [syn: Little Dipper, Dipper]
3: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
[syn: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain,
Wain, Wagon]
4: small North American diving duck; males have bushy head
plumage [syn: bufflehead, butterball, dipper,
Bucephela albeola]
5: small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-
flowing streams and feeds along the bottom [syn: water
ouzel, dipper]