Definitions of kipper [ˈkɪp ər]

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Definition of 'kipper'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) kipper
a fish, esp. a herring, that has been cured by splitting, salting, drying and smoking.

2. kipper
a male salmon during or after the spawning season.

3. (v.t.) kipper
to cure (herring, salmon, etc.) by splitting, salting, drying, and smoking.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME kypre, OE cypera spawning salmon)

Definition of 'kipper'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) kipper, kippered herring
salted and smoked herring

Definition of 'kipper'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) kipper
amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly

2. (noun) kipper
a salmon after spawning

3. (noun) kipper
a salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh

4. (verb) kipper
to cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking

Translation of 'kipper'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a herring split down the back and smoked, used as food.
Afrikaans: gerookte haring	Arabic: سَمَكَة الرَّمْجه المُقَد	Bulgarian: пушена херинга
Brazilian: arenque	Czech: uzenáč	German: der Bückling
Danish: kippers	Greek: καπνιστή ρέγγα	Spanish: arenque ahumado
Estonian: suitsuheeringas	Farsi: ماهی دودی	Finnish: savusilli
French: hareng fumé et salé	Hebrew: דָג-מָלוּחַ מְעוּשָׁן	Hindi: नमक युक्त मछली सुखाई या प
Croatian: u dimu sušeni sleđ	Hungarian: (sózott és) füstölt herin	Indonesian: haring asap
Icelandic: reykt síld	Italian: aringa affumicata	Japanese: くん製にしん
Korean: 절여서 훈제한 청어	Lithuanian: rūkyta silkė	Latvian: (uzšķērsta) žāvēta siļķe
Malay: ikan salai	Dutch: gerookte/gedroogde haring	Norwegian: kippers, røykt sild
Polish: śledź wędzony	Persian: ماهی را نمك زدن	Pashto: په ماهى باندى مالګه اچول
Portuguese: arenque	Romanian: hering sărat şi afumat	Russian: копчёная селёдка
Slovak: údenáč	Slovenian: prekajen slanik	Serbian: usoljena haringa
Swedish: saltrökt sill	Thai: ปลารมควัน (มักเป็นปลาแฮริ	Turkish: füme ringa balığı
Taiwanese: 燻鯡魚	Ukrainian: копчений оселедець	Urdu: سکھائی ، بنائی گئی ہیرنگ
Vietnamese: cá trích hun khói	Chinese: 腌熏的鲱鱼或鲑鱼，腌鱼
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