kype

English

Etymology 1

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”).

Noun

kype (plural kypes)

1. The hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male of most salmonid species when it is ready to spawn.

Alternative forms

• kipe

Translations

hook in lower jaw of adult male salmonid

• Finnish: leuan koukku
• German: Laichhaken m
• Russian: крюк (ru) m (krjuk)
• Swedish: hakelax c

Etymology 2

Noun

kype (plural kypes)

1. Alternative spelling of kipe (“osier for catching fish”)

Etymology 3

Verb

kype (third-person singular simple present kypes, present participle kyping, simple past and past participle kyped)

1. Alternative spelling of kipe (“to steal”)

References

• “kype”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “kype”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Pyke, pyke