Kipper

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A male salmon or seatrout during or shortly after the spawning season.
  • n. A herring or salmon that has been split, salted, and smoked.
  • v. To prepare (fish) by splitting, salting, and smoking.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A split, salted and smoked herring.
  • n. An RAF World War II code name for patrols to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air.
  • v. To prepare a herring or similar fish in that fashion.
  • adj. amorous
  • adj. lively; light-footed; nimble
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A salmon after spawning.
  • n. A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh.
  • v. To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking.
  • adj. Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Hooked or beaked, as a spent salmon. See the quotation.
  • n. The male salmon when spent after the spawning season.
  • n. A salmon detained in fresh water.
  • n. A kippered herring; a herring for kippering.
  • To prepare or cure, as salmon, herring, etc., by cleansing them well, giving them several dry rubbings of pepper and salt, and then drying them, either in the open air or artificially, by means of the smoke of peat or juniper-berries.
  • Sprightly; gay; light-footed.
  • n. A young man who has been initiated and is classed with the men of his tribe. See bora.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. salted and smoked herring
  • Verb Form
    kippered    kippering    kippers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    herring   
    Form
    kippered    kippering   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    amorous    light-footed    nimble    gay    sprightly   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dipper    Flipper    chipper    clipper    dipper    flipper    hipper    lipper    nipper    ripper   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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