Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Kipper \Kip"per\, n. [D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf.
   {Kipe}.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) A salmon after spawning.

   2. A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so
      called because salmon after spawning were usually so
      cured, not being good when fresh. [Scot.]

   {Kipper time}, the season in which fishing for salmon is
      forbidden. [Eng. & Scot.]

Kipper \Kip"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kippered}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Kippering}.]
   To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. ``Kippered
   salmon.'' --Dickens.

Kipper \Kip"per\, a.
   Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly.
   [Prov. Eng.]

Source : WordNet®

kipper
     n : salted and smoked herring [syn: {kippered herring}]