What is "kipper"

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.]
--Halliwell.

Old English cypera "male salmon," perhaps related to coper "reddish-brown metal" (see copper), on resemblance of color. Another theory connects it to kip, name for the sharp, hooked lower jaw of the male salmon in breeding season, from Middle English kippen "to snatch, tug, pull." The modern word usually refers to kippered herring, from a verb meaning "to cure a fish by cleaning, salting, and spicing it" (early 14c.). The theory is that this originally was done to salmon, hence the name.

1. 1 (context UK dialect English) amorous 2 (context UK dialect English) lively; light-footed; nimble n. 1 A split, salted and smoked herring. 2 A salmon after spawning. 3 (context military RAF World War II code name English) A patrol to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air. 4 (lb en UK humorous often with capital) A member of UKIP (UK Independence Party). v

2. (context cooking English) To prepare a herring or similar fish in that fashion.

n. salted and smoked herring [syn: kippered herring]

Kippered "split" herring

]] A kipper is a whole herring, a small, oily fish, that has been split into a butterfly fashion from tail to head along the dorsal ridge, gutted, salted or pickled, and cold-smoked over smouldering woodchips (typically oak).

In the United Kingdom, Belgium, The Isle of Man, Japan, and a minority of North American regions, they are often eaten for breakfast. They are also popular in Ireland. In Great Britain, kippers, along with other preserved smoked or salted fish such as the bloater and buckling, were also once commonly enjoyed as a high tea or supper treat, most popularly with inland and urban working-class populations before World War II.

In medieval tournaments a kipper was a person employed by a knight, usually a vassal of the knight such as a slave, serf, or peasant. Kippers might also be fighters of non-knightly status, who therefore did not fight on horseback.

The function of the kipper was to follow his knight in combat and retrieve armour or arms from fallen adversaries. If the adversary was not completely subdued and ready to surrender these, the kipper would bang on the armour-clad opponent with various blunt non-lethal instruments, like heavy sticks or clubs, to knock him unconscious for the purpose of gathering the spoils without further protest.

It was the right of a knight to seize the armour and weapons of a fallen adversary during a tournament. In the early days, tournament fighting was not much different from open warfare, with few rules and none of the pomp and ceremony of the later tournaments. In this chaotic mêlée, kippers were therefore mere foot soldiers of the tournament, and it was not their function or intention to participate in the fighting.

In the later Middle Ages, when tournaments no longer resembled actual warfare and the chivalric code became more popular, kippers were frowned upon. Less warlike and more honorable tournament conduct was encouraged.

The word kipper is cognate with Icelandic kippa ("to pull, snatch"), Danish kippen ("to seize"), and a Middle High German word that means "to beat or kick".

Kipper may refer to:

• Kipper, salted and smoked fish
• Kippering (The verb, to kipper, kippering, kippered)
• Kipper the Dog
  • Kipper (TV series), an animated children's television series
• kipper (medieval tournament), a speciality in Medieval tournaments
• Kipper (musician), producer, keyboardist, mostly known from cooperation with Sting
• The Kipper Kids, a performing artist duo
• Kipper tie, an unusually wide necktie
• Miikka Kiprusoff, a National Hockey League goaltender
• " Kipper und Wipper" period, a European financial crisis in the 17th century
• The Flying Kipper, a fictional train from The Railway Series
• Raduga K-10S Soviet nuclear tipped supersonic anti-shipping cruise missile, NATO reporting name AS-2 Kipper
• Singular form of kippers, Kid In Parents' Pockets Eroding Retirement Savings (British term for the Boomerang Generation)
• " Mr Kipper", person sought by London police in connection with a possible abduction
• " Kipper", a supporter of the UK Independence Party, a British populist political party

Kipper (born Mark Eldridge) is a Grammy winning Guitarist, keyboardist and music producer, known mostly from his cooperation with Gary Numan and Sting. Kipper had his own band, One Nation. After releasing two albums with One Nation he joined the Gary Numan band playing guitar. After realizing his own music was going in a similar direction as Kipper's previous work, Numan asked him to co-produce his 1992 LP Machine and Soul. The album was a mix of funk, rock and dance pop featuring guitar playing from Kipper. Kipper also contributed to Numan's 1994 album " Sacrifice" although to a much lesser extent. Years later Kipper participated in Sting's past two studio albums Brand New Day and Sacred Love. Both albums have been critically acclaimed and feature a modern fusion of jazz, rock and electronic styles and sounds.

Kipper is a British animated television series based on the same characters. In some cases, the episodes are specifically based on particular stories by Mick Inkpen. The videos have won awards including a BAFTA award for best children's animation. The show was broadcast from 5 September 1997 to 21 December 2000 on CITV in the United Kingdom and Nick Jr. in the United States. The 'Christmas Eve' episode aired on CITV on Christmas Eve 2003; the series was aired again on CITV for most of 2004. It aired from 26 September 2005 to 26 July 2015 on PBS Kids Sprout.

The show was released on VHS and DVD by HIT Entertainment.