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dipsey

dipsey noun: deep sea.

Noun

dipsey (plural dipseys)

  1. (attributive, slang) Deep sea.
    • a dipsey line
    • "Soundin' is a trick, though," said Dan, "when your dipsey lead's all the eye you're like to hev for a week. What d'you make it, Dad?"1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous
  2. (slang) A deep-sea lead.
  3. (US, dialectal) A sinker attached to a fishing line.
  4. (US, dialectal) A line having several branches, each with such a sinker, used in deep-sea fishing.

Forms of dipsey

pluraldipseys
alternative formdipsie
alternative formdipsy

Origin of dipsey

From deep sea.

Questions about dipsey

What does dipsey mean?
Dipsey means deep sea.
What part of speech is dipsey?
Dipsey is a noun.
What is the plural of dipsey?
The plural of dipsey is dipseys.

Words near dipsey in the dictionary

  1. DIPSe
  2. dipsector
  3. dipsectors
  4. dipsesis
  5. dipsetic
  6. dipsey
  7. dipseys
  8. dipshidiot
  9. dipshidiots
  10. dipshit
  11. dipshits

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