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dipper

dip·per/ˈdɪpɚ/noun

dipper is spelled D-I-P-P-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (dip·per). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dipper means “One who, or that which, dips (immerses something, or itself, into a liquid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dipper is dippers.

How many letters and syllables are in dipper?

Letters6: D-I-P-P-E-R
Syllables2: dip·per
In writingabout once in every 1 million words; the 35,748th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is dipper?

Dipper appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce dipper?

  • UK /ˈdɪpə/
  • UK [ˈdɪpə]
  • US /ˈdɪpɚ/

Dipper has 2 syllables, split dip·per in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-dipper.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with dipper?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as dipper from its last stressed vowel (/ɪpəɹ/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: ripped.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of dipper

  • dippers plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does dipper mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    One who, or that which, dips (immerses something, or itself, into a liquid).

  2. 2

    Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus that live near fast-flowing streams and feed along the bottom.

  3. 3

    A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, for dipping into and ladling out liquids; a ladle or scoop.

  4. 4

    IndiaUKThe control in a vehicle that switches between high-beam and low-beam (i.e. dips the lights), especially when used to signal other vehicles.

  5. 5

    Any snack food intended to be dipped in sauce.

    chicken dippers

  6. 6

    Someone who dips chewing tobacco or snuff.

  7. 7

    slangA pickpocket.

  8. 8

    A person employed in a tin plate works to coat steel plates in molten tin by dipping them.

adjective

as Dipper
  1. 1

    informalOf or pertaining to the Canadian New Democratic Party or supporters thereof.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Dipper in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
GermanWasseramsel (bird), Kelle, Schöpflöffel (vessel)
Portuguesemelro-peixeiro, melro-aquático, melro-d'água (bird)
Spanishmirlo acuático (bird), cucharón (vessel)
Frenchlouche (vessel)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does dipper come from?

From Middle English dippere; equivalent to dip + -er.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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