Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dipperful

/ˈdɪpəfʊl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dip-per-ful
IPA: /ˈdɪpəfʊl/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

As much as a dipper will hold; a cupful.

American usage

Example Sentences

"He [the horse-doctor] made up a bucket of bran-mash, and said a dipperful of it every two hours, alternated with a drench with turpentine and axle-grease in it, would either knock my ailments out of men in twenty-four hours, or so interest me in other ways as to make me forget they were on the premises. […] I took up the Christian Science book and read half of it, then took a dipperful of drench and read the other half."
"Earmarks—those undebated dipperfuls of taxpayer-financed contracts that tripled under the Republicans—will undoubtedly return in the new budget."

Etymology

From dipper + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: dipper

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈdɪpəfʊl/

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

dipperfuls (plural) dippersful (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce dipperful?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɪpəfʊl/.
What does dipperful mean?: As much as a dipper will hold; a cupful.
Where does dipperful come from?: From dipper + -ful.

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