kipper

(redirected from kippers)
Also found in: Thesaurus, Acronyms, Idioms, Encyclopedia.

kip·per

(kĭp′ər)
n.
A herring or salmon that has been split, salted, and smoked.
tr.v. kip·pered, kip·per·ing, kip·pers
To prepare (fish) by splitting, salting, and smoking.
[Middle English kipre, a male salmon in the spawning season, from Old English cypera, probably from cyperen, of copper, from coper, copper (because of the fish's color during the spawning season); see copper1.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

kipper

(ˈkɪpə)
n
1. (Cookery) a fish, esp a herring, that has been cleaned, salted, and smoked
2. (Angling) a male salmon during the spawning season
3. archaic derogatory slang Austral an Englishman
vb
(Cookery) (tr) to cure (a fish, esp a herring) by salting and smoking
[Old English cypera, perhaps from coper copper1; referring to its colour]

kipper

(ˈkɪpə)
n
a native Australian youth who has completed an initiation rite
[from a native Australian language]

kipper

(ˈkɪpə)
n
(Sociology) informal an adult who cannot afford to move away from his or her parents' home
[C21: from k(ids) i(n) p(arents') p(ockets) e(roding) r(etirement) (savings)]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

kip•per

(ˈkɪp ər)
n.
1. a fish, esp. a herring, that has been cured by splitting, salting, drying and smoking.
2. a male salmon during or after the spawning season.
v.t.
3. to cure (herring, salmon, etc.) by splitting, salting, drying, and smoking.
[before 1000; Middle English kypre, Old English cypera spawning salmon]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

kipper


Past participle: kippered
Gerund: kippering

Imperative
kipper
kipper
Present
I kipper
you kipper
he/she/it kippers
we kipper
you kipper
they kipper
Preterite
I kippered
you kippered
he/she/it kippered
we kippered
you kippered
they kippered
Present Continuous
I am kippering
you are kippering
he/she/it is kippering
we are kippering
you are kippering
they are kippering
Present Perfect
I have kippered
you have kippered
he/she/it has kippered
we have kippered
you have kippered
they have kippered
Past Continuous
I was kippering
you were kippering
he/she/it was kippering
we were kippering
you were kippering
they were kippering
Past Perfect
I had kippered
you had kippered
he/she/it had kippered
we had kippered
you had kippered
they had kippered
Future
I will kipper
you will kipper
he/she/it will kipper
we will kipper
you will kipper
they will kipper
Future Perfect
I will have kippered
you will have kippered
he/she/it will have kippered
we will have kippered
you will have kippered
they will have kippered
Future Continuous
I will be kippering
you will be kippering
he/she/it will be kippering
we will be kippering
you will be kippering
they will be kippering
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been kippering
you have been kippering
he/she/it has been kippering
we have been kippering
you have been kippering
they have been kippering
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been kippering
you will have been kippering
he/she/it will have been kippering
we will have been kippering
you will have been kippering
they will have been kippering
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been kippering
you had been kippering
he/she/it had been kippering
we had been kippering
you had been kippering
they had been kippering
Conditional
I would kipper
you would kipper
he/she/it would kipper
we would kipper
you would kipper
they would kipper
Past Conditional
I would have kippered
you would have kippered
he/she/it would have kippered
we would have kippered
you would have kippered
they would have kippered
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:kipper - salted and smoked herring]kipper - salted and smoked herring
herring - valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations
سَمَك الرَّنْكَة المُقَّدد المُدَخَّن سَمَكَة الرَّمْجه المُقَدَّده
uzenáč
kippers
savusilli
usoljena dimljena haringa
füstölt hering
reykt síld
キッパー
훈제 청어
rūkyta silkė
žāvēta siļķe
údenáč
böckling
ปลาคิปเปอร์
cá trích muối hun khói

kipper

[ˈkɪpəʳ] N → arenque m ahumado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

kipper

[ˈkɪpər] n → hareng m fumé et salé
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

kipper

n → Räucherhering m, → Bückling m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

kipper

[ˈkɪpəʳ] n → aringa affumicata
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

kipper

(ˈkipə) noun
a herring split down the back and smoked, used as food. gerookte haring سَمَكَة الرَّمْجه المُقَدَّده пушена херинга arenque uzenáč der Bückling kippers καπνιστή ρέγγα arenque ahumado suitsuheeringas ماهی دودی savusilli hareng fumé et salé דָג-מָלוּחַ מְעוּשָׁן नमक युक्त मछली सुखाई या पकाई हुई u dimu sušeni sleđ (sózott és) füstölt hering haring asap reykt síld aringa affumicata くん製にしん 절여서 훈제한 청어 rūkyta silkė (uzšķērsta) žāvēta siļķe ikan salai gerookte/gedroogde haring kippers, røykt sild śledź wędzony په ماهى باندى مالګه اچول arenque hering sărat şi afu­mat копченая селедка údenáč prekajen slanik usoljena haringa saltrökt sill ปลารมควัน (มักเป็นปลาแฮริง) füme ringa balığı 燻鯡魚 копчений оселедець سکھائی ، بنائی گئی ہیرنگ مچھلی cá trích hun khói 腌熏的鲱鱼或鲑鱼,腌鱼
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

kipper

→ سَمَك الرَّنْكَة المُقَّدد المُدَخَّن uzenáč kippers Räucherfisch καπνιστή ρέγγα arenque ahumado savusilli kipper usoljena dimljena haringa aringa affumicata キッパー 훈제 청어 zoute haring røkt sild śledź wędzony arenque defumado , arenque fumado копченая селедка böckling ปลาคิปเปอร์ tuzlanıp tütsülenmiş ringa balığı cá trích muối hun khói 腌鱼
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
References in classic literature ?
Athleny, in a pair of the oldest trousers anyone had ever worn, his jacket buttoned up to show he had no shirt on, and in a wide-brimmed soft hat, was frying kippers over a fire of sticks.
View in context
There was kippered salmon, and Finnan haddocks, and a lamb's head, and a haggis--a celebrated Scotch dish, gentlemen, which my uncle used to say always looked to him, when it came to table, very much like a Cupid's stomach-- and a great many other things besides, that I forget the names of, but very good things, notwithstanding.
View in context
David and Martha ran a small business curing herring, otherwise known as kippers, after cleaning and brining the herrings would be hung to dry in preparation for the cold smoking process, David would travel to the local sawmill in his pony and trap pulled by his pony "Polly" to collect shavings and sawdust before preparing the smoking fires for the kipper house.
Whitby company Noble's Shellfish & Curing wins three Great Taste awards
What a timely coup de theatre for the climax of his final election hustings was provided by the presentation of a kipper "just now" by the editor of a national newspaper who had received it from an IoM kipper-smoker alongside complaints about the EU!
Johnson jibes a red herring
SIR, - Re the story "Johnson done up like a kipper in EU gaffe" (Press and Journal, July 19).
PM Boris battered by fish foolishness; Letters to the editor Write to: Letters to the editor, The Press and Journal, 1 Marischal Square, Broad Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1BL. email: pj.letters@ajl.co.uk All letters are subject to editing and must include your full address and daytime telephone number for verification. Thank you
Tory He repeatedly exposes himself as being someone who doesn't check his facts before he opens his mouth - his latest slip-up being his anti-EU jibe about kippers.
Fish and another foul from Boris; YOUR VOICE
As he stood before Tory members who had gathered for the last in a series of hustings in London on Wednesday evening, Johnson raised above his head a shrink-wrapped kipper.
Ewan McColm: Boris Johnson's fishy -- and even the Tories will smell it soon
Johnson said: "I want you to consider this kipper. The smoker is utterly furious, because after decades of sending kippers like this through the post he has had his costs massively increased by Brussels bureaucrats, who have insisted that each kipper must be accompanied by this a plastic ice pillow."
My kipper is a whopper
Using his own money to buy the items, he also says he scoffs haddock, kippers, mackerel and poached eggs at HMP Frankland, Co Durham.
"I eat better than most out there": Serial killer Levi Bellfield brags about feasting on steak and kippers in prison; Evil Bellfield, 49, will die behind bars after being convicted of murdering 13-year-old schoolgirl Milly Dowler and two young women
Brakes was recently named as the UK's MSC supplier of the year for the 3rd year in a row and is now strengthening its range further with the addition of three mackerel and two kipper lines.
Sustained focus keeps Brakes on top: Brakes is increasing its lead in the supply of MSC-certified fish and seafood with new additions to its range, including newly certified own-brand Atlantic mackerel lines
I did a bit of research myself into the North East's Craster kippers and Wylam Gold ale and other iconic names.
Toon beef gets MP's backing; TOWN MOOR CATTLE MEAT MENTIONED IN COMMONS LABEL DEBATE
Ukip (or 'the kippers' as they like to be called) are not defenders of working class rights, conditions or living standards.
'Peasants' waking up to the truth; FEEDBACK