'Kipper' definitions:
Definition of 'kipper'
From: WordNet
noun
Salted and smoked herring [syn: kipper, kippered herring]
Definition of 'Kipper'
From: GCIDE
- Kipper \Kip"per\, n. [D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf. Kipe.]
- 1. (Zool.) A salmon after spawning. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
- Kipper time, the season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden. [Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Kipper'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Kipper'
From: GCIDE
- Kipper \Kip"per\, a. Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'kipper'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alevin,
- anguille,
- anhydrate,
- benthon,
- benthos,
- blast-freeze,
- brine,
- caviar,
- cetacean,
- corn,
- cure,
- dehydrate,
- desiccate,
- dolphin,
- dry,
- dry-cure,
- dry-salt,
- eel,
- embalm,
- evaporate,
- fingerling,
- fish,
- fish eggs,
- freeze,
- freeze-dry,
- fry,
- fume,
- game fish,
- grilse,
- irradiate,
- jerk,
- kippered salmon,
- Loch Ness monster,
- man-eater,
- man-eating shark,
- marinade,
- marinate,
- marine animal,
- minnow,
- minny,
- mummify,
- nekton,
- panfish,
- pickle,
- plankton,
- poisson,
- porpoise,
- preservatize,
- quick-freeze,
- red herring,
- refrigerate,
- roe,
- salmon,
- salt,
- sea monster,
- sea pig,
- sea serpent,
- sea snake,
- seafood,
- season,
- shark,
- smoke,
- smoke-cure,
- smoked herring,
- smolt,
- sponge,
- stuff,
- tropical fish,
- whale