Big Dipper

Definition: Big Dipper

Big Dipper

Noun

1. A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major.

2. Elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines).

Synonyms: Big Dipper

Synonyms: chute-the-chute (n), roller coaster (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
World	Constellation, zodiac, signs of the zodiac, Charles's wain, Big Dipper, Little Dipper, Great Bear, Southern Cross, Orion's belt, Cassiopea's chair, Pleiades.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	You could have a big dipper (Sledgehammer; performing artist: Peter Gabriel)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Big Dipper (reference) The Big Dipper (reference) The Big Dipper (A Let'S-Read-And-Find-Out Book) (reference) The Big Dipper (Peters, Stephanie True, Library of Constellations.) (reference) The Big Dipper and You (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Play	Caption
	Roller coaster; amusement park; big dipper; space mountain; Disneyland; Disney world.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "Big Dipper": the big dipper. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "Big Dipper"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		arusha e madhe (canis major, charles's wain, the big dipper, the plough). (various references)

Chinese		北斗星 (the Big Dipper, the Plough). (various references)

Czech		horská dráha (mountain railway, roller coaster, switchback). (various references)

German		großer bär. (various references)

Greek		μεγάλη άρκτοσ (ursa major). (various references)

Hungarian		göncölszekér (charles's wain). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		七星 (Ursa Major). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しちせい (Ursa Major). (various references)

Pig Latin		igbay ipperday

Russian		колесо обозрения, большая медведица (charles's wain, plough, plow, ursa major). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		veliki medved. (various references)

Spanish		osa mayor (great bear, ursa major). (various references)

Swedish		karlavagnen (charles's wain, the big dipper). (various references)

Turkish		büyükayı (dipper, plough, plow, the great bear, the greater bear, the plough). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Cinclus cinclus, plaustra, plaustri, plaustris, plaustro, plaustrum, RM:merl da l'aua. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-d-e-g-i-i-p-p-r"
	-2 letters: dippier, gripped.
	-3 letters: begird, birdie, bridge, dipper, gipped, gipper, griped, grippe, pipier, ripped.
	-4 letters: bider, biped, bride, dirge, gibed, giber, gride, gripe, piped, piper, pride, pried, rebid, redip, ridge, rigid, riped.
	-5 letters: berg, bide, bier, bird, bred, brie, brig, dire, dreg, drib, drip, gibe, gied, gird, grid, grip, ired, irid, peri, perp, pied, pier.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
big dipper	214
big dipper picture	12
big dipper star	9
big dipper dipper little	6
bear big dipper	5
big dipper north star	3
big dipper little	3
astronomy big dipper	3
big dipper grease trap	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Big Dipper

Definition: Big Dipper

Big Dipper

Noun

Synonyms: Big Dipper

Synonyms within Context: Big Dipper

World

Modern Usage: Big Dipper

Lyrics

Commercial Usage: Big Dipper

Books

Sounds Captioned with "Big Dipper".

Expression: Big Dipper

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Big Dipper

Modern Translation: Big Dipper

Albanian

Chinese

Czech

German

Greek

Hungarian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Pig Latin

Russian

Serbo-Croatian

Spanish

Swedish

Turkish

Ancestral Language Translations: Big Dipper

Anagrams: Big Dipper

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