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dip-stick

dip-stick is the alternative form of dipstick.

Meaning of dipstick

Noun

dipstick (plural dipsticks)

  1. A stick or rod used to measure the depth of a liquid. Often used to check the level at which a liquid in an opaque or inaccessible tank or reservoir stands; gauge.
    • I haven't checked the oil level of my car's motor since I lost the dipstick three months ago.
  2. (derogatory, obsolete) An exciseman or supervisor who measures with a dipstick.
  3. (slang) The penis.
  4. (derogatory, slang) A useless person of inferior intellect; a dipshit.
    • That referee is a right dipstick.

See all 6 meanings of dipstick

Forms of dip-stick

pluraldip-sticks

Questions about dip-stick

What is dip-stick the alternative form of?
Dip-stick is the alternative form of dipstick.

Words near dip-stick in the dictionary

  1. dip-coated
  2. dip-coating
  3. dip-coats
  4. dip-netter
  5. dip-netters
  6. dip-stick
  7. dip-sticks
  8. DIPA
  9. Dipala
  10. dipalladium
  11. DiPalma

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