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| kip·per [ kíppər ] |
noun (plural kip·pers) |
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1. smoked herring: a fish, usually a herring, that has been cleaned, split open, and then salted and smoked
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2. salmon: a male salmon during the spawning season
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transitive verb (past and past participle kip·pered, present participle kip·per·ing, 3rd person present singular kip·pers) |
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smoke fish: to cure fresh fish, especially herring, by salting and smoking it
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usually passive
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| [ Old English cypera "spawning salmon," origin ?] |
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  kip·per·er noun |
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