What does kipper mean?
Kipper means A split, salted and smoked herring or salmon..
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/ˈkɪpə(ɹ)/ · noun
A split, salted and smoked herring or salmon..
Kipper, I discovered, was airman's slang for a fishing boat. The chief function of this particular station was the escorting of convoys and fishing fleets, and the section which had the latter duty to perform was known as the ‘Kipper Patrol’.
Kipper-kites, aircraft engaged on convoy escort duties over the North Sea and usually giving protection to the fishing-vessels.
As she was only crawling along I aimed my first ‘kipper’ just a fraction ahead of her bows.
I evaluate its firing power at eighteen torpedoes—I think kipper is a distressing piece of naval slang—in thirty minutes.
'Fancy running the risk of getting a kipper [a torpedo] to go with his grub.'
1 Kipper, Englishman
An able seaman on a kipper warship called the Eagle.
Quite often they [sc. English immigrants in Australia] are referred to as Kippers.
Use kipper when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Kipper means A split, salted and smoked herring or salmon..
Common synonyms include kippered herring.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Kipper, I discovered, was airman's slang for a fishing boat. The chief function of this particular station was the escorting of convoys and fishing fleets, and the section which had the latter duty to perform was known as the ‘Kipper Patrol’.
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