Crossword clues for dipstick
dipstick
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
dipstick \dipstick\ n. a graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the fluid level; as, to check the oil level in a car with a dipstick. [WordNet 1.5] ||
Wiktionary
n. 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. 2 (context slang English) A penis. 3 (context slang English) A useless person. 4 (context slang euphemistic English) A dipshit. 5 (context slang UK English) A person of inferior intellect or, more accurately, someone who makes an action that would imply this.
WordNet
n. a graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the fluid level
Wikipedia
A dipstick is one of several measurement devices.
Some dipsticks are dipped into a liquid to perform a chemical test or to provide a measure of quantity of the liquid.
Since the late 20th century, a flatness/levelness measuring device trademarked "Dipstick" has been used to produce concrete and pavement surface profiles and to help establish profile measurement standards in the concrete floor and paving industries.
Usage examples of "dipstick".
And sure enough, the end of that dipstick was coated with the darkest, grimiest, sludgiest coat of oil I have ever seen.
Nobody disputed that Dipstick, Rod, Brad, Karl and Helga had all left the bierkeller in Bad Nauheim together, leaving Captain Schultz to his sauerkraut.
The thought of starting another cycle--another round of Clomid, another month of BBT charts, dipsticks, and breath-holding--turned her stomach.
Blowfish crew wanted to do laundry and bathe in real tubs, so Debbie and I handed over the keys to the Omni and the honeymoon suite, after I talked to them briefly about dipsticks and redlines.
All I know is, we can process a hundred times as much steel in my Bessemer converter as we would have been able to do in Wayland's electric dipstick oven.
Yes, he had really believed everyone at Tony's Feed Bag was a dipstick but him, the sainted, soon- to-succeed (and you better believe it) Larry Underwood.
How is that different from making a bunch of dipsticks in Lorton do something right?