Kipper meaning

kĭpər
kippers
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A herring or salmon that has been split, salted, and smoked.
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To prepare (fish) by splitting, salting, and smoking.
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To cure (herring, salmon, etc.) by cleaning, salting, and drying or smoking.
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A male salmon or sea trout during or shortly after the spawning season.
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A kippered herring, salmon, etc.
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A salmon after spawning.
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(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.
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(cooking) To prepare a herring or similar fish in that fashion.
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(UK, dialect) Amorous.
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(UK, dialect) Lively; light-footed; nimble.

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Noun

Singular:
kipper
Plural:
kippers

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) copper1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Kipper Sentence Examples

  • A village famous for its smoked kipper, we spend our final night in a good quality country house hotel.

  • But on June 16th I had got up and had a shower, ate a kipper for breakfast and felt clear-headed and much better.

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