KIPPER

  • 21Kipper — 1. Ableitung auf er von Kipp.2. Herkunftsname zu dem Ortsnamen Kipper bei Hagen (Westfalen). 3. Übername zu mhd. kipper »nicht rittermäßiger Kämpfer« …

    Wörterbuch der deutschen familiennamen

  • 22kipper — [OE] There is a single Old English instance, in a text of around the year 1000, of a fish called cypera. The context suggests that this was a ‘salmon’, which would tie in with the later use of the word kipper, from the 16th to the 20th centuries …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 23kipper — UK [ˈkɪpə(r)] / US [ˈkɪpər] noun [countable] Word forms kipper : singular kipper plural kippers a herring (= type of fish) that has been preserved in salt and smoke …

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  • 24kipper — [OE] There is a single Old English instance, in a text of around the year 1000, of a fish called cypera. The context suggests that this was a ‘salmon’, which would tie in with the later use of the word kipper, from the 16th to the 20th centuries …

    Word origins

  • 25kipper — noun Kipper is used before these nouns: ↑tie …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 26Kipper — Kịp|per1 〈m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: 〉 Syn. Kipplader 1. Lastwagen, dessen Kasten gekippt werden kann 2. Vorrichtung zum Kippen von Eisenbahngüterwagen, wobei diese auf einer Schmalseite gehoben werden   Kịp|per2 〈m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: ; meist Pl.; 17./18.… …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 27Kipper — Kip|per der; [s], [s] <aus gleichbed. engl. kipper> gepökelter, geräucherter Hering …

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  • 28kipper — [[t]kɪ̱pə(r)[/t]] kippers N COUNT A kipper is a fish, usually a herring, which has been preserved by being hung in smoke …

    English dictionary

  • 29kipper n — A herring that for many years swam along with a friendly whale appeared one day without its companion. Asked where the whale was, the herring replied: How would I know? Am I my blubber s kipper? …

    English expressions

  • 30kipper — Noun. The face. E.g. Did you see the miserable kipper on that idiot stood at the back? Liverpool/North west use …

    English slang and colloquialisms