Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dipper \Dip"per\, n.
   1. One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to
      dip water or other liquid; a ladle.

   2. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) A small grebe; the dabchick.
      (b) The buffel duck.
      (c) The water ouzel ({Cinolus aquaticus}) of Europe.
      (d) The American dipper or ouzel ({Cinclus Mexicanus}).

   {The Dipper} (Astron.), the seven principal stars in the
      constellation of the Great Bear; popularly so called from
      their arrangement in the form of a dipper; -- called also
      {Charles's Wain}. See {Ursa Major}, under {Ursa}.

Source : WordNet®

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