kipper: Meaning and Definition of

kip•per

1. a fish, esp. 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.

1. to cure (herring, salmon, etc.) by splitting, salting, drying and smoking.

kip•per

1. a young male Aborigine, usually 14 to 16 years old, who has recently undergone his tribal initiation rite.