kipper
1[ kip-er ]
/ ˈkɪp ər /
noun
a fish, especially a herring, that has been cured by splitting, salting, drying, and smoking.
this method of curing fish.
a male salmon during or after the spawning season.
verb (used with object)
to cure (herring, salmon, etc.) by splitting, salting, drying and smoking.
Nearby words
kipling, kipling, rudyard, kipnis, kipp's apparatus, kippa, kipper, kippered, kippy, kipuka, kir, kir moab
Origin of kipper
1before 1000; Middle English kypre, Old English cypera spawning salmon, apparently derivative of cyperen of copper, i.e., copper-colored
Definition for kipper (2 of 2)
kipper
2[ kip-er ]
/ ˈkɪp ər /
noun Australian Informal.
a young male Aborigine, usually 14 to 16 years old, who has recently undergone his tribal initiation rite.
Origin of kipper
2First recorded in 1835–45, kipper is from the Wiradjuri word gibirr man
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British Dictionary definitions for kipper (1 of 3)
kipper
1/ (ˈkɪpə) /
noun
a fish, esp a herring, that has been cleaned, salted, and smoked
a male salmon during the spawning season
Australian archaic, derogatory, slang an Englishman
verb
(tr) to cure (a fish, esp a herring) by salting and smoking
Word Origin for kipper
Old English cypera, perhaps from coper copper 1; referring to its colour
British Dictionary definitions for kipper (2 of 3)
kipper
2/ (ˈkɪpə) /
noun
a native Australian youth who has completed an initiation rite
Word Origin for kipper
from a native Australian language
British Dictionary definitions for kipper (3 of 3)
kipper
3/ (ˈkɪpə) /
noun
informal an adult who cannot afford to move away from his or her parents' home
Word Origin for kipper
C21: from k (ids) i (n) p (arents') p (ockets) e (roding) r (etirement) (savings)
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