1. kipper - Noun
2. kipper - Adjective
3. kipper - Verb
4. Kipper - Proper noun
A salmon after spawning.
A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh.
To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking.
Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAnother theory traces the word kipper to the kip, or small beak, that male salmon develop during the breeding season. Source: Internet
As a verb, kippering ("to kipper") means to preserve by rubbing with salt or other spices before drying in the open air or in smoke. Source: Internet
An orange kipper is a kipper that has been dyed orange. Source: Internet
The board awarded one other contract on Tuesday: the one for the rehabilitation of Waskom Park in the Ironwood subdivision and Kipper Park in the Westchester South subdivision. Source: Internet
In the United States, where kippers are less commonly eaten than in the UK, they are almost always sold as either canned "kipper snacks" or in jars found in the refrigerated foods section. Source: Internet
Related terms The Manx word for kipper is skeddan jiarg main, literally red herring; the Irish term is scadán dearg with the same meaning. Source: Internet