I haven't checked the oil level of my car's motor since I lost the dipstick three months ago.
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Dipstick
//ˈdɪpstɪk//
Synonyms for "dipstick" (134 found)
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Noun(67 words)
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Translations
16 translations across 10 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- mittatikku noun (a stick or rod)
- öljytikku noun (a stick or rod)
French
1 entries- jauge noun (a stick or rod)
German
1 entries- Vollpfosten noun (a person of inferior intellect)
Italian
3 entries- asta di livello noun (a stick or rod)
- astina noun (a stick or rod)
- coglione noun (a person of inferior intellect)
Māori
1 entries- māhunga wai noun (a person of inferior intellect)
Polish
2 entries- bagnet noun (a stick or rod)
- idiota noun (a person of inferior intellect)
Russian
1 entries- щуп noun (a stick or rod)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- budala noun (a person of inferior intellect)
- šipka za mjerenje noun (a stick or rod)
Spanish
2 entries- bayoneta noun (a stick or rod)
- varilla noun (a stick or rod)
Swedish
1 entries- oljesticka noun (a stick or rod)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
That referee is a right dipstick.
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What most educators mean by “doing Madeline Hunter” is using her seven-step approach to planning a lesson. In Santa Barbara, as in most of her road shows, several hours are devoted to spelling out this technique, which calls for specific acts of review, introduction, explanation, “modeling” (demonstrating), “dipsticking” (checking for understanding), “monitored practice” and independent study.
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In private, Secretary Powell, an amateur automotive mechanic, complains that old friends spend too much time sympathetically taking his temperature — “dip-sticking me,” as he puts it.
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