KIPPER

n. v. a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A salmon after spawning.

2.
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. [Scot.] Kipper time, the season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden. [Eng. & Scot.]

3.
v.

To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. "Kippered salmon." Dickens.

4.
a.

Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

← KIPE K — all words KIPPERNUT →
Browse all “K” words Find “KIPPER” in other definitions

98,828 entries. Headwords are matched first, then definition text.