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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Kipper

/kĭp'-ẽr/ · Kip·per · IPA /ˈkɪpə(ɹ)/
01 n. A salmon after spawning.
  1. 1.
    A salmon after spawning.(Zool.)
  2. 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.]
Phrases & compounds
Kipper time — the season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden.
02 v. t. To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking.
imp. & p. p. Kippered; p. pr. & vb. n. Kippering
  1. 1.
    To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking.
03 a. Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly.
  1. 1.
    Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly.[Prov. Eng.]