Meaning
3 senses(especially)Out of season.
Very wide, shaped like a kipper.
(UK, dialectal)Lively; chipper; nimble.
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.
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.
Perhaps akin to Old Norse kjapt (“briskly; impetuously”), kippa ("to snatch; pull; jerk" > Middle English kippen (“to seize”)), kipra (“to wrinkle; draw tightly”), Norwegian kjapp (“fast; brisk”), Dutch kippen (“to seize; catch; grip”). More at kip.
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Forms
more kipper, most kipper| Comparative | more kipper Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most kipper Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form