kipper Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun salted and smoked herring
    kippered herring.

WordNet

Kip"per noun
Etymology
D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf. Kipe.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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. Scot.
Kip"per transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Kippered ; present participle & verbal noun Kippering
Definitions
  1. To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. "Kippered salmon." Dickens.
Kip"per adjective
Definitions
  1. Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.

Webster 1913