kipper
/ˈkɪpər/
noun
- A fish, typically a herring, that has been split open, salted, and smoked.
- For breakfast, he had a kipper with toast and butter.
- The market sold fresh kippers from the coast.
- She grilled a kipper and served it with a squeeze of lemon.
verb
- To cure (a fish) by splitting, salting, and smoking.
- We used to kipper our own catch every autumn.
- They kipper the fish in a special smokehouse.
- The fishermen learned to kipper the herring the traditional way.