Значення
значень: 11A split, salted and smoked herring or salmon.
Bückling, Räuchergering
копчёная селёдкаkopčónaja seljódka
salted and smoked herring
A male salmon after spawning.
A patrol to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air.
(Британія, сленг)A torpedo.
(Австралія, сленг)An Englishman who has moved to Australia.
(Австралія)A young Aboriginal man who has been initiated into to the rights of manhood.
(Канада, сленг)An English person.
A fool.
(endearing)A child or young person.
(Британія, сленг)The vagina.
(Британія, жартівливе, розмовне, часто)A member or supporter of UKIP (UK Independence Party).
Приклади
речень: 3Today I had some kipper for breakfast.
Now and then, he would bring a kipper or two home from the smokehouse.
deAb und zu brachte er aus der Räucherei ein oder zwei Bücklinge mit nach Hause. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Kipper ties were briefly in fashion.
deEine kurze Zeit lang waren breite Krawatten in Mode. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Переклади
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Походження
From Old English cypera (“male salmon”), perhaps related to Old English coper (“reddish-brFrom Old English cypera (“male salmon”), perhaps related to Old English coper (“reddish-brown metal”) (see copper), on resemblance of color. Another theory connects it to kip (“sharp, hooked lower jaw of the male salmon in breeding season”), from Middle English kippen (“to seize, snatch”), but OED doubts this.
Short form of UKIP + -er, influenced by kipper, the type of fish.
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Форми
множина: kippersСиноніми
синонімів: 1- salted and smoked herring:kippered herring