Kipper : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Kipper	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Kipper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kipper n salted and smoked herring [syn: kipper, {kippered herring}]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kipper \Kip"per\, n. [D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf. {Kipe}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) 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.] {Kipper time}, the season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden. [Eng. & Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kipper \Kip"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kippered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kippering}.] To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. [bd]Kippered salmon.[b8] --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kipper \Kip"per\, a. Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly. [Prov. Eng.]