kipper

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

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, slang)(UK, naval slang) A torpedo.
5.
(Australia, slang)An Englishman who has moved to Australia.
6.
(Australia)A young Aboriginal man who has been initiated into to the rights of manhood.
7.
A fool.
8.
(endearing)A child or young person.
9.
(UK, slang)The vagina.
10.
(UK, humorous, informal, often)(UK, informal, humorous, often with capital) A member or supporter of UKIP (UK Independence Party).

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

kippers

V_ing/Gerund

kippering

V_ed/pp

kippered

1.
(cooking) To prepare (a herring or similar fish) by splitting, salting, and smoking.
2.
(broadly)(by extension) To damage or treat with smoke.
3.
To dry out with heat or harsh chemicals; to desiccate.
4.
To drink or give a drink of alcohol, especially to intoxication.
5.
To punish by spanking or caning.
6.
To lead astray or frame; to cause to get into trouble.
7.
To utterly defeat or humiliate.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more kipper

Superlative

most kipper

1.
(especially)(fishing, especially of salmon) Out of season.
2.
(of a tie) Very wide, shaped like a kipper.
3.
(UK, dialectal)(UK, dialect) lively; chipper; nimble.

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

kippererkipperishkipperlessdead as a kipperkipper tiekipper timedone up like a kipperflip the kipperstitched up like a kipper

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Nguồn gốc từ

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, from Middle English kippen (to seize, snatch), but OED doubts this.