1. (

• dipper

) a ladle that has a cup with a long handle ;

2. (

• Little_Dipper ,
• Dipper ,

) a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris ;

3. (

• Big_Dipper ,
• Dipper ,
• Plough ,
• Charles's_Wain ,
• Wain ,
• Wagon

) a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major ;

4. (

• bufflehead ,
• butterball ,
• dipper ,
• Bucephela_albeola

) small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage ;

5. (

• water_ouzel ,
• dipper ,

) small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom ;