Dipper (disambiguation)
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A Dipper
is a passerine bird in the genus Cinclus
Dipper can also refer to:
Dipper
Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, named for their bobbing or dipping movements. They are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater.-Description:...
is a passerine bird in the genus Cinclus
Dipper can also refer to:
- A participant on the Barenaked LadiesBarenaked LadiesBarenaked Ladies is a Canadian alternative rock band. The band is currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson, and Tyler Stewart. Barenaked Ladies formed in 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario, then a suburban municipality outside the City of Toronto...
hosted cruise, Ships and Dip - Supporter of the Canadian New Democratic PartyNew Democratic PartyThe New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
or, pluralized, the party itself - Dipper (Chinese constellation)Dipper (Chinese constellation)The Dipper mansion is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise.-Asterisms:-Stars:* ζ Sgr* τ Sgr* σ Sgr* φ Sgr* λ Sgr* μ Sgr...
- Dipper (painting)Dipper (painting)An oil dipper is used to hold a supply of turpentine, oil or painting medium.Used in oil painting, it can be clipped onto the edge of the wooden palette....
, container for oil for painting - Operator of a bathing machineBathing machineThe bathing machine was a device, popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, to allow people to change out of their usual clothes, possibly change into swimwear and then wade in the ocean at beaches. Bathing machines were roofed and walled wooden carts rolled into the sea...
- Grid dip oscillatorGrid dip oscillatorGrid dip oscillator , also called grid dip meter, dip meter, dipmeter, or just dipper, is a measuring instrument to measure resonant frequency of radio frequency circuits. It measures the amount of absorption of a high frequency inductively coupled magnetic field by nearby objects...
, a resonance frequency measuring instrument - Robert "Dipper" DiPierdomenicoRobert DiPierdomenicoRobert "Dipper" DiPierdomenico is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL of Italian descent and a member of the VFL/AFL Italian Team of the Century...
, Australian rules footballer and media personality - Part of a backhoeBackhoeA backhoe, also called a rear actor or back actor, is a piece of excavating equipment or digger consisting of a digging bucket on the end of a two-part articulated arm. They are typically mounted on the back of a tractor or front loader...
which carries the bucket - Dipper pattern, a sequence of measures of blood pressureBlood pressureBlood pressure is the pressure exerted by circulating blood upon the walls of blood vessels, and is one of the principal vital signs. When used without further specification, "blood pressure" usually refers to the arterial pressure of the systemic circulation. During each heartbeat, BP varies...
in hypertensive patients - Dipping tobaccoDipping tobaccoDipping tobacco, traditionally referred to as moist snuff, is a type of finely ground or shredded, moistened smokeless tobacco product. It is commonly and idiomatically known by various terms – most often as dip and sometimes rub or chew...
, or one who uses it - HMS Dipper, former name of Henstridge Airfield, HenstridgeHenstridgeHenstridge is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated miles east of Sherborne in the South Somerset district, near the border with Dorset. The parish includes the hamlet of Yenston...
, Somerset, England - USS Dipper (AM-357)USS Dipper (AM-357)USS Dipper was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was ordered and laid down as USS PCE-917 but was renamed and reclassified before her July 1944 launch as Dipper . Dipper was launched 26 July 1944 by Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland, Oregon ; sponsored by...
, American minesweeper - Dipper wellDipper wellA dipper well is a perpetual-flow sink often used in coffeehouses and ice cream shops to rinse utensils. Ice cream scoops and other food-preparation utensils can be placed under the continuous stream in order to remove allergens and protect against bacterial growth. Most dipper wells have a...
, a specialty sinkSinkA sink is a bowl-shaped plumbing fixture used for washing hands, for dishwashing or other purposes. Sinks generally have taps that supply hot and cold water and may include a spray feature to be used for faster rinsing...
used for rinsing utensils at ice cream parlours and coffee shops.
Persons with surname Dipper
- Alfred DipperAlfred DipperAlfred Ernest Dipper was a cricketer who played for Gloucestershire and once for England....
(1885-1945), English cricketer - Andrew Dipper (1949- ), Artist, writer, Musical instrument maker and restorer
- Colin Dipper (1948- ), English concertina maker
- Alan Dipper (1922-? ), Writer