Kipper

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kipper \Kip"per\, n. [D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf.
     {Kipe}.]
     1. (Zool.) A salmon after spawning.
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     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.]
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     {Kipper time}, the season in which fishing for salmon is
        forbidden. [Eng. & Scot.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kipper \Kip"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kippered}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Kippering}.]
     To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. "Kippered
     salmon." --Dickens.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kipper \Kip"per\, a.
     Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly.
     [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kipper
       n : salted and smoked herring [syn: {kippered herring}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  69 Moby Thesaurus words for "kipper":
     Loch Ness monster, alevin, anguille, anhydrate, benthon, benthos,
     blast-freeze, brine, caviar, cetacean, corn, cure, dehydrate,
     desiccate, dolphin, dry, dry-cure, dry-salt, eel, embalm,
     evaporate, fingerling, fish, fish eggs, freeze, freeze-dry, fry,
     fume, game fish, grilse, irradiate, jerk, kippered salmon,
     man-eater, man-eating shark, marinade, marinate, marine animal,
     minnow, minny, mummify, nekton, panfish, pickle, plankton, poisson,
     porpoise, preservatize, quick-freeze, red herring, refrigerate,
     roe, salmon, salt, sea monster, sea pig, sea serpent, sea snake,
     seafood, season, shark, smoke, smoke-cure, smoked herring, smolt,
     sponge, stuff, tropical fish, whale