1. subst. A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
2. subst. A gardener’s tool, shaped like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring soil etc.
I need to dig a hole for these begonias; would you pass me that trowel?
3. subst. A tool used for smoothing a mold.
4. v. To apply a substance with a trowel.
He troweled the coarse mix with a twist, leaving a pattern of arcs.
5. v. To dress with a mason's trowel.
6. v. (figurative) To apply something heavily or unsubtly.
dipper
Dipper
1. subst. (Canada, politics, informal) A member or supporter of the Canadian New Democratic Party.
2. subst. (Canada, politics, informal, attributively) Of or belonging to the New Democratic Party or supporters of it.
3. subst. One who, or that which, dips (immerses something, or itself, into a liquid).
4. subst. Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus that live near fast-flowing streams and feed along the bottom.
5. subst. A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, for dipping into and ladling out liquids; a ladle or scoop.
6. subst. (India) The control in a vehicle that switches between high-beam and low-beam (i.e. dips the lights), especially when used to signal other vehicles.
7. subst. Any snack food intended to be dipped in sauce.
chicken dippers
8. subst. (slang) A pickpocket.
9. subst. (historical) A person employed in a tin plate works to coat steel plates in molten tin by dipping them.
10. subst. (historical) A person employed to assist a bather in and out of the sea.
11. subst. (historical, informal, Christianity) A Baptist or Dunker.
1. subst. Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
She kept a scoop in the dog food.
2. subst. The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
Use one scoop of coffee for each pot.
I'll have one scoop of chocolate ice-cream.
3. subst. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.
4. subst. A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.
He listened carefully, in hopes of getting the scoop on the debate.
5. subst. (automotive) An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.
6. subst. The digging attachment on a front-end loader.
7. subst. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
8. subst. A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
9. subst. A special spinal board used by emergency medical service staff that divides laterally to literally scoop up patients.
10. subst. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
11. v. To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face.
12. v. To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).
The paper across town scooped them on the City Hall scandal.
13. v. (music, often with "up") To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.
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