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Webster 1913 Edition


Kipe

Kipe

,
Noun.
[Cf. OE.
kipen
to catch, Icel.
kippa
to pull, snatch. Cf.
Kipper
.]
An osier basket used for catching fish.
[Prov. Eng.]

Definition 2024


kipe

kipe

English

Noun

kipe (plural kipes)

A salmon with the beginnings of a kipe as it enters fresh water.
  1. An osier basket used for catching fish.
  2. Upturned lower jaw of a male salmon at the end of its life as it returns to fresh water to spawn.

Verb

kipe (third-person singular simple present kipes, present participle kiping, simple past and past participle kiped)

  1. (slang) to steal

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