Usually means: Constellation resembling a large ladle.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. Big Dipper, The Big Dipper: Merriam-Webster
  2. Big Dipper, big dipper: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Big Dipper: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. big dipper, the Big Dipper: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Big Dipper, big dipper: Vocabulary.com
  6. big dipper, the Big Dipper, the Big dipper: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Big Dipper, big dipper: Wiktionary
  8. Big Dipper: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. Big Dipper: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Big Dipper: Dictionary.com
  11. Big Dipper: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Big Dipper (Battersea Park), Big Dipper (Blackpool), Big Dipper (Blackpool Pleasure Beach), Big Dipper (Geauga Lake), Big Dipper (Luna Park Sydney), Big Dipper (Michigan's Adventure), Big Dipper (band), Big Dipper (disambiguation), Big Dipper (rapper), Big Dipper, Big dipper, The Big Dipper (arena), The Big Dipper: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Big dipper: Rhymezone
  14. big dipper: FreeDictionary.org
  15. big dipper: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. Big Dipper, The Big Dipper: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. big dipper: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  18. Big Dipper: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Big Dipper (asterism), Big Dipper, The Big Dipper: Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. From Stargazers to Starships Glossary (No longer online)
  2. BIG DIPPER: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Big Dipper (AKA Orange Squeeze), The Big Dipper, big dipper: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See big_dippers as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Big dipper)

noun:  (astronomy, especially US) A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart, and a part of the constellation Ursa Major which includes the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid. The other stars comprising it are Alioth, Megrez, Merak, and Phecda.
noun:  A rollercoaster.

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