dip netter

noun

One who fishes with a dip net.

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Meanings

noundip netter (plural dip netters)

plural dip netters

  1. One who fishes with a dip net.

    Who actually listens to us when we tell him we need to cut back on escapement in the Kanuyaq because too many salmon are getting past the dip netters and it's messing with the spawning beds?

    2002, Dana Stabenow, A Fine and Bitter Snow, →ISBN, pages 17–18

Origin

From dip net + -er.

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APA

dip netter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dip%20netter

MLA

“dip netter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dip%20netter. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dip netter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dip%20netter.

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