kipper

kip·per

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kipper

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

Origin of kipper

from uncertain or unknown; perhaps kipperthe noun

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

Origin of kipper

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

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kipper

noun

A herring or salmon that has been split, salted, and smoked.

transitive verb

kip·pered, kip·per·ing, kip·pers

To prepare (fish) by splitting, salting, and smoking.

Origin of kipper

Middle English kipre a male salmon in the spawning season from Old English cypera probably from cyperen of copper from coper copper (because of the fish's color during the spawning season) ; see copper ¹.

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Noun

(plural kippers)

A split, salted and smoked herring.
A salmon after spawning.
(military) An RAF World War II code name for patrols to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present kippers, present participle kippering, simple past and past participle kippered)