kipper Hear it!

kipper definition

kip·per (kip′ər)

transitive verb

to cure (herring, salmon, etc.) by cleaning, salting, and drying or smoking

Etymology: < ? kipperthe

noun

  1. a male salmon or sea trout during or shortly after the spawning season
  2. a kippered herring, salmon, etc.

Etymology: ME kypre < OE cypera < ? coper, copper (from the color)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.