Kipper

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. 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.]

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. "Kippered salmon." Dickens.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.