dippers

Long-handled drinking cups

Dippers are ladles or cups with long handles for scooping liquids: She used a dipper to serve the punch.

The Big Dipper and Little Dipper are star formations whose shapes suggest such utensils.

Dippers are also small birds that dive into streams to feed.

In slang, dippers can mean pickpockets, or people who dip tobacco.

constellation

Ursa Minor

Northern circumpolar constellation

celestial · stargazing · night sky · circumpolar · navigation · asterism · star pattern · astronomy · cosmos · mythology

utensil

ladle

Deep spoon for serving

slotted spoon · sauce ladle · soup ladle · gravy ladle · kitchenware · stainless steel · wooden · silicone · servingware · portion

bird

aquatic

Water-inhabiting

bobbing · underwater · wading · songbird · avian · feathers · nesting · perching · wingspan · habitat

baptism

immersion

State of being submerged

congregation · believer · Baptist · Anabaptist · ritual · sacrament · minister · full-body · dunking · ceremonial

Categories
Opposites
utensil function

dippersforks

Multi-pronged eating implements

knives · stabbers · skewers · prongs · tines

bird habitat behavior

dippersroadrunners

Ground cuckoos of arid lands

ground dwellers · swifts · sandgrouse · larks

celestial position

dippersSouthern Cross

Southern hemisphere constellation

Crux · Centaurus · Magellanic Clouds

Phrases
Family

dipped, dipper

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G