Meaning
11 sensesA 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.
(UK, slang)A torpedo.
(Australia, slang)An Englishman who has moved to Australia.
(Australia)A young Aboriginal man who has been initiated into to the rights of manhood.
(Canada, slang)An English person.
A fool.
(endearing)A child or young person.
(UK, slang)The vagina.
(UK, humorous, informal, often)A member or supporter of UKIP (UK Independence Party).
Examples
3 sentencesToday 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.
Kipper ties were briefly in fashion.
deEine kurze Zeit lang waren breite Krawatten in Mode.
Translations
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Origin
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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Forms
plural: kippersSynonyms
1 synonyms- salted and smoked herring:kippered herring