Kipper (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a fish, especially a herring, that has been cured by splitting, salting, drying, and smoking.
  2. this method of curing fish.
  3. a male salmon during or after the spawning season.
verb (used with object)
  1. to cure (herring, salmon, etc.) by splitting, salting, drying and smoking.
noun Australian Informal.
  1. a young Aboriginal male, usually 14 to 16 years old, who has recently undergone his tribal initiation rite.
noun
  1. a fish, esp a herring, that has been cleaned, salted, and smoked
  2. a male salmon during the spawning season
  3. an Englishman
verb
  1. to cure (a fish, esp a herring) by salting and smoking
noun
  1. a native Australian youth who has completed an initiation rite
noun
  1. an adult who cannot afford to move away from his or her parents' home
Kipper (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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