English Explanatory Dictionary

kype

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male of most salmonid species when it is ready to spawn.
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of kipe (“osier for catching fish”).
verb
  1. Alternative spelling of kipe (“to steal”).

Word forms

kype kypes kipe kyping kyped

Etymology

From Scots kip, kipp (“something beaked or hooked”); perhaps related to Middle Low German kippe (“point, tip”), German Kippe (“stub”), both from Latin cippus (“stake, post, boundary marker”).

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