kipper
To prepare by splitting, salting, and smokingTo prepare (a herring or similar fish) by splitting, salting, and smoking.
» Today I had some kipper for breakfast.
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7 sensesTo prepare (a herring or similar fish) by splitting, salting, and smoking.
(broadly)To damage or treat with smoke.
To dry out with heat or harsh chemicals; to desiccate.
To drink or give a drink of alcohol, especially to intoxication.
To punish by spanking or caning.
To lead astray or frame; to cause to get into trouble.
To utterly defeat or humiliate.
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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Kipper ties were briefly in fashion.
deEine kurze Zeit lang waren breite Krawatten in Mode. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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.
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Forms
kippers, kippering, kippered, kipperedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.