kipper

Noun
US[kip-er]/ˈkɪpɚ/2 syllables
Synonyms: kippered herring

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)kippers

  1. salted and smoked herringSynonyms: kippered herringType of herring
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Kip′per noun

Origin: D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf. Kipe.

1. Zoology A salmon after spawning.

2. A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; — so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh. Scottish

Kipper time, the season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden. Eng. & Scot.

Kip′per transitive verb [past tense & past participle Kippered; present participle & verbal noun Kippering.]

To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. “Kippered salmon.” Charles Dickens

Kip′per adjective

Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly. dialect (England) James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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