Definition of kippers Kippers
/kɪˈpɚz/ - [kiperz] -
We found 3 definitions of kippers from 2 different sources.
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What does kippers mean?
Wiktionary 
- kippers (Noun)
Plural of kipper.
Part of speech
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| kipper - salted and smoked herring | ||
| kippered herring | ||
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Wiktionary
- kipper (Noun)
A split, salted and smoked herring. - kipper (Noun)
An RAF World War II code name for patrols to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air. - kipper (Verb)
To prepare a herring or similar fish in that fashion. - kipper (Adjective)
amorous. - kipper (Adjective)
lively; light-footed; nimble.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- kipper (n.)
A salmon after spawning. - kipper (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. - kipper (v. t.)
To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. - kipper (a.)
Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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kipper
A large salted and smoked herring. -
kipper
To expose food to the smoke of wood fires in order to preserve it.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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kipper
kip′ėr, n. a male salmon after the spawning season: a salmon split open, seasoned, and dried.—v.t. to cure or preserve, as a salmon or haddock. [Dut. kippen, to seize; Norw. kippa.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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kipper
Salmon in the act of spawning; also, the male fish, and especially beaked fish. Kipper is also applied to salmon which has undergone the process of kippering (which see).
