KIPPER

Kipper

A kipper is a whole herring, a small, oily fish, that has been split in butterfly fashion from tail to head along the dorsal ridge, gutted, salted or pickled, and cold smoked over smouldering woodchips .

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kipper

Noun

  1. A split, salted and smoked herring.
  2. A salmon after spawning.
  3. An RAF World War II code name for patrols to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air.

Verb

  1. To prepare a herring or similar fish in that fashion.

Adjective

  1. amorous
  2. lively; light-footed; nimble


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