kippered

kip·per  (kpr)

n.

1. A male salmon or seatrout during or shortly after the spawning season.

2. A herring or salmon that has been split, salted, and smoked.

tr.v. kip·pered, kip·per·ing, kip·pers

To prepare (fish) by splitting, salting, and smoking.

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[Middle English kipre, from Old English cypera, spawning male salmon, probably from cyperen, of copper, from coper, copper (because of the fish's color during the spawning season); see copper¹.]

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kippered [ˈkɪpəd]

adj

1. (Cookery) (of fish, esp herring) having been cleaned, salted, and smoked

2. Slang utterly defeated or outwitted