[ˈkɪpə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a kippered fish, especially a herring

- a male salmon in the spawning season


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English cypera (in kipper), of Germanic origin; related to Old Saxon kupiro, perhaps also to copper

[ˈkɪpə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cure (a herring or other fish) by splitting it open and salting and drying it in the open air or in smoke
(e.g: on the quayside fishwives gut fish by hand, and the catch is kippered by traditional methods)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English cypera (in kipper), of Germanic origin; related to Old Saxon kupiro, perhaps also to copper

[ˈkɪpə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an Aboriginal youth who has been initiated into manhood


Phrases:

Origin:
from Dharuk gibara, from giba ‘a stone’ (because of its use in the ceremonial extraction of teeth)