Thesaurus: kipper

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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.
3. v. t. To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking.
4. a. Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly.
5. n. salted and smoked herring
6. 1. (Zoöl.) A salmon after spawning. 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.] Kipper time, the season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden. [Eng. & Scot.] To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. "Kippered salmon." Dickens. Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
7. n:100 n. salted and smoked herring