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kip·per
(kĭp′ər)n.
A herring or salmon that has been split, salted, and smoked.
tr.v. kip·pered, kip·per·ing, kip·pers
To prepare (fish) by splitting, salting, and smoking.
[Middle English kipre, a male salmon in the spawning season, from Old English cypera, probably from cyperen, of copper, from coper, copper (because of the fish's color during the spawning season); see copper1.]
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kipper
(ˈkɪpə)n
1. (Cookery) a fish, esp a herring, that has been cleaned, salted, and smoked
2. (Angling) a male salmon during the spawning season
3. archaic derogatory slang Austral an Englishman
vb
(Cookery) (tr) to cure (a fish, esp a herring) by salting and smoking
[Old English cypera, perhaps from coper copper1; referring to its colour]
kipper
(ˈkɪpə)n
a native Australian youth who has completed an initiation rite
[from a native Australian language]
kipper
(ˈkɪpə)n
(Sociology) informal an adult who cannot afford to move away from his or her parents' home
[C21: from k(ids) i(n) p(arents') p(ockets) e(roding) r(etirement) (savings)]
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kip•per
(ˈkɪp ər)n.
1. a fish, esp. a herring, that has been cured by splitting, salting, drying and smoking.
2. a male salmon during or after the spawning season.
v.t. 3. to cure (herring, salmon, etc.) by splitting, salting, drying, and smoking.
[before 1000; Middle English kypre, Old English cypera spawning salmon]
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kipper
Past participle: kippered
Gerund: kippering
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| Noun | 1. |  kipper - salted and smoked herring herring - valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled |
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Translations
سَمَك الرَّنْكَة المُقَّدد المُدَخَّنسَمَكَة الرَّمْجه المُقَدَّده
uzenáč
kippers
savusilli
usoljena dimljena haringa
füstölt hering
reykt síld
キッパー
훈제 청어
rūkyta silkė
žāvēta siļķe
údenáč
böckling
ปลาคิปเปอร์
füme ringa balığıtuzlanıp tütsülenmiş ringa balığı
cá trích muối hun khói
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
kipper
n → Räucherhering m, → Bückling m
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kipper
(ˈkipə) noun a herring split down the back and smoked, used as food.
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kipper
→ سَمَك الرَّنْكَة المُقَّدد المُدَخَّن uzenáč kippers Räucherfisch καπνιστή ρέγγα arenque ahumado savusilli kipper usoljena dimljena haringa aringa affumicata キッパー 훈제 청어 zoute haring røkt sild śledź wędzony arenque defumado, arenque fumado копченая селедка böckling ปลาคิปเปอร์ tuzlanıp tütsülenmiş ringa balığı cá trích muối hun khói 腌鱼Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009