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dipsy

dipsy is the alternative form of dipsey.

Meaning of dipsey

Noun

dipsey (plural dipseys)

  1. (attributive, slang) Deep sea.
    • a dipsey line
  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 dipsy

pluraldipsies

Phrases with dipsy

Questions about dipsy

What is dipsy the alternative form of?
Dipsy is the alternative form of dipsey.

Words near dipsy in the dictionary

  1. dipsticked
  2. dipsticking
  3. dipsticks
  4. dipswitch
  5. dipswitches
  6. dipsy
  7. dipsy doodle
  8. dipsy doodles
  9. dipsy-doodle
  10. dipsy-doodles
  11. dipsydoodle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dipsy (page history and authors); dipsey (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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