kipper

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɪpə(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From 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) A split, salted and smoked herring or salmon. A male salmon after spawning. (military, RAF World War II code name) A patrol to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air. (UK, naval 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, military, slang) An English person. A fool. (endearing) A child or young person. (UK, slang) The vagina. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== kipper (third-person singular simple present kippers, present participle kippering, simple past and past participle kippered) (cooking) To prepare (a herring or similar fish) by splitting, salting, and smoking. (by extension) 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. ==== Adjective ==== kipper (comparative more kipper, superlative most kipper) (fishing, especially of salmon) Out of season. (of a tie) Very wide, shaped like a kipper. === Etymology 2 === Short form of UKIP +‎ -er, influenced by kipper, the type of fish. ==== Noun ==== kipper (plural kippers) (UK, informal, 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) (UK, dialect) lively; chipper; nimble. == 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) skipper. Head of a small ship. ==== Declension ==== === References === http://www.eki.ee/dict/ety/index.cgi?Q=kipper&F=M&C06=et