kipper

See also: Kipper

English

Kippered "split" herring.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

kipper (plural kippers)

1. A split, salted and smoked herring or salmon.
2. A male salmon after spawning.
3. (military, RAF World War II code name) A patrol to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air.
4. (UK, naval slang) A torpedo.
   • 2009, Jean Hood, Submarine (page 197)

     'Fancy running the risk of getting a kipper [a torpedo] to go with his grub.'

Derived terms

• kipper tie

Translations

a prepared herring

• Bulgarian: пушена херинга (pušena heringa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 醃魚／腌鱼 (zh) (yānyú), 醃鱼 (zh) (yānyú), 鹹魚／咸鱼 (zh) (xiányú), 咸鱼 (zh) (xiányú)

• Dutch: kipper (nl) m
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• Georgian: დაშაშხული თევზი (dašašxuli tevzi), შებოლილი თევზი (šebolili tevzi)
• Norman: héthan feunmé m (Jersey)
• Russian: копчёная селёдка f (kopčónaja seljódka)

Verb

kipper (third-person singular simple present kippers, present participle kippering, simple past and past participle kippered)

1. (cooking) To prepare a herring or similar fish in that fashion.
   • (Can we date this quote by Charles Dickens and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     There was kippered salmon, and Finnan haddocks, and a lamb's head, and a haggis […]

Etymology 2

Short form of UKIP +‎ -er, influenced by kipper, the type of fish.

Noun

kipper (plural kippers)

1. (UK, humorous, often with capital) A member or supporter of UKIP (UK Independence Party).

Etymology 3

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.

Adjective

kipper (comparative more kipper, superlative most kipper)

1. (UK, dialect) amorous
2. (UK, dialect) lively; light-footed; nimble

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

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Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German schippere, cognate to English skipper. Dialectal "kippar" is loaned from a Scandinavian language. Compare Old Swedish skipari

Noun

kipper (genitive kipri, partitive kiprit)

1. skipper.
2. Head of a small ship.

Declension

Declension of kipper (irregular)

	singular	plural
nominative	kipper	kiprid
genitive	kipri	kiprite
partitive	kiprit	kipreid
illative	kiprisse	kipritesse
inessive	kipris	kiprites
elative	kiprist	kipritest
allative	kiprile	kipritele
adessive	kipril	kipritel
ablative	kiprilt	kipritelt
translative	kipriks	kipriteks
terminative	kiprini	kipriteni
essive	kiprina	kipritena
abessive	kiprita	kipriteta
comitative	kipriga	kipritega

References

• http://www.eki.ee/dict/ety/index.cgi?Q=kipper&F=M&C06=et