kipper vs marinate

kipper

verb
  • To prepare (a herring or similar fish) by splitting, salting, and smoking. 

  • To drink or give a drink of alcohol, especially to intoxication. 

  • To punish by spanking or caning. 

  • To lead astray or frame; to cause to get into trouble. 

  • To damage or treat with smoke. 

  • To dry out with heat or harsh chemicals; to desiccate. 

  • To utterly defeat or humiliate. 

adj
  • lively; chipper; nimble. 

  • Out of season. 

  • Very wide, shaped like a kipper. 

noun
  • A patrol to protect fishing boats in the Irish and North Seas against attack from the air. 

  • A child or young person. 

  • A torpedo. 

  • A member or supporter of UKIP (UK Independence Party). 

  • A male salmon after spawning. 

  • A split, salted and smoked herring or salmon. 

  • An Englishman who has moved to Australia. 

  • A fool. 

  • A young Aboriginal man who has been initiated into to the rights of manhood. 

marinate

verb
  • To allow a sauce or flavoring mixture to absorb into something; to steep or soak something in a marinade to flavor or prepare it for cooking. 

  • Of ideas or feelings, to mentally develop over time 

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