English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪpə(r)

Noun

1. A poisonous snake in the family Viperidae.

Synonyms

• adder

Translations

• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܐܟܕܢܐ (ākhiðnā, okhiðno)

  Hebrew: אכדנא (ākhiðnā, okhiðno)

• Bulgarian: змия
• Czech: zmije
• Dutch: adder
• Esperanto: vipero, vipuro
• Finnish: kyy, kyykäärme
• French: vipère
• German: Kreuzotter , Viper
• Greek: έχιδνα (ekhidna) , οχιά (okhia)
• Hebrew: צפע
• Hungarian: vipera
• Korean: 독사 (毒蛇, dogsa, doksa)
• Latin: vipera
• Lithuanian: angis
• Polish: żmija
• Portuguese: víbora
• Romanian: năpârcă
• Russian: гадюка /gad'úka/
• Slovene: gad
• Spanish: víbora
• Swedish: huggorm

Derived terms

• viperish

Animals

• Viper, any member of the family Viperidae, a group of snakes found throughout Africa, Eurasia and the Americas.
• Viper, Agkistrodon piscivorus, a.k.a. the cottonmouth, a venomous snake found in North America.
• Viper, Heterodon platirhinos, a harmless colubrid found in North America.
• Viperfish, any member of the genus Chauliodus, a deepwater fish.

Comics

• Viper (Marvel Comics), a supervillain in the Marvel Universe
• Viper Comics an independent publisher of comic books and graphic novel trade paperbacks

Computers and computer Science

• viper-mode is a vi emulation mode for Emacs
• DB2 Viper, the next generation data server from IBM
• VIPER (processor), the name of a processor design in the 1980s, standing for Verifiable Integrated Processor for Enhanced Reliability

Aircraft and missiles

• Viper, a nickname for the F-16 Fighting Falcon jet fighter
• Viperjet, a civilian jet aircraft made from a kit
• Dornier Flugzeugwerke Viper air-to-air missile
• Giant Viper, a rocket-propelled hose filled with explosives, used in military de-mining.
• Rolls-Royce Viper a jet engine first produced by Armstrong Siddeley then Bristol and later by Rolls-Royce
• Viper (rocket), an anti-tank guided missile
• Wolseley Viper, a V8 aero engine produced by Wolseley Motor Company
• Viper Dart and Viper Falcon, types of sounding rockets based on the Loki (rocket)
• Viper AGM-80A, an air-to-surface missile
• HMLA-169 - United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron known as the Vipers.

Engineering

• Dodge Viper, a performance automobile produced by Dodge
• VIPIR (radar), a weather radar system
• MicViper, a reference design from Micronas for a dual-channel ATSC receiver PCI Express card
• Viper Security System, a car security system manufactured by Directed Electronics, Inc.
• VIPeR is a robot developed by Israeli company Elbit Systems intended for use in warfare.
• Viper is one of three Mega-Looper roller coasters manufactured by Arrow Dynamics.

Film and TV

• Viper (TV series), an American television series about a morphing Dodge Viper used to fight crime
• Colonial Viper, a fictional starfighter class used in the television series Battlestar Galactica
• Thompson Viper, a FilmStream camera
• Viper (porn star), an adult film star in the 1980s and early 1990s
• Dr. Viper, a villain on SWAT Kats.
• Viper (Chuck Berlinger), a gladiator on the fourth season of American Gladiators
• Viper (Sgt. Frog), a fictional character in the anime series Sgt. Frog.

Games

• Steel Viper, a thrill ride at Valleyfair amusement park in Shakopee, Minnesota
• Viper Squad, the enemies of Manta Force in the Manta toyline
• Viper (G.I. Joe), the general name of several types of soldiers from the Cobra Organization in the G.I. Joe universe toyline
• Viper Hyper Animation series, a hentai computer game series by Sogna
• VIPER (Hero System), a.k.a. "VIPER: Coils of the Serpent", published by Hero Games for their Hero System
• Viper (Six Flags), a roller coaster at various Six Flags amusement parks
• Viper 5, an SMG in the PC game S.T.A.L.K.E.R
• Viper, a Scourge hero in DotA Allstars (Warcraft III: Frozen Throne map). He is known for as the poisonous dragon with spells that involve poison. He is an agility-based hero.
• The Vic Viper from the Gradius series by Konami

Music

• Viper Records, an New York based independent record label (since 2000)
• The Viper Label, a Liverpool, England based independent record label (since 1999)
• Viper (band), a Brazilian heavy metal band
• The Vipers, an Irish Punk/Pop band of the late 1970s
• Viper, is a colloquial term used in the jazz subculture for a marijuana user
• The Vipers, 60's Psychdelic/Pop band
• "Viper" a track from Mike Oldfield's Tres Lunas album

Sports

• Newcastle Vipers, a British ice hockey club playing in the Elite Ice Hockey League
• Rio Grande Valley Vipers, an NBA D-League basketball team based in Hidalgo, Texas
• St. Louis Vipers, a defunct roller hockey team from St. Louis, Missouri
• Tennessee Valley Vipers, an af2 football team based in Huntsville, AL
• Viper (wrestler), a professional wrestler wrestling for NKW

Other

• Viper (drink), a heavily caffeinated drink
• Viper, a term used in 1920s to describe a Heroin addict, also a heavy marijuana user.
• Viper Tactical Gear, a brand of tactical equipment including holsters and pouches.
• VIPER (Video Identification Parade Electronic Recording), a system of identifying suspects by presenting witnesses with, usually moving, images - used increasingly by police in the United Kingdom as an alternative to traditional identity parades.
• VIPER, the name used before July 2006 for Vanguard exchange-traded funds
• VIPER is a type of rebreather