kipper
1a 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.
to cure (herring, salmon, etc.) by splitting, salting, drying and smoking.
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Other definitions for kipper (2 of 2)
a young Aboriginal male, usually 14 to 16 years old, who has recently undergone his tribal initiation rite.
Origin of kipper
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How to use kipper in a sentence
This can easily be mistaken for a kipper, the smoked herring that is on the breakfast menus of many British hotels.
I'd been there about a fortnight, and was feeling pretty sick of it, when in walked young "kipper."
The Observations of Henry | Jerome K. Jerome"kipper" never touched a penny of her money, but if he had been her agent at twenty-five per cent.
The Observations of Henry | Jerome K. JeromeThen he had a kipper—not out of a tin, either—and bacon and eggs and toast and marmalade.
Air Men o' War | Boyd CableBe that as it may, kipper was no favourite in the country of his exile.
Only the other day I called her 'a saucy little kipper,' and the way she went on, anybody would have thought I'd insulted her.
Ship's Company, The Entire Collection | W.W. Jacobs
British Dictionary definitions for kipper (1 of 3)
/ (ˈkɪpə) /
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
(tr) to cure (a fish, esp a herring) by salting and smoking
Origin of kipper
1British Dictionary definitions for kipper (2 of 3)
/ (ˈkɪpə) /
a native Australian youth who has completed an initiation rite
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2British Dictionary definitions for kipper (3 of 3)
/ (ˈkɪpə) /
informal an adult who cannot afford to move away from his or her parents' home
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