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chip·per1 
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Audio Help [chip-er] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| marked by or being in sprightly good humor and health. |
[Origin: 1830–40; of uncert. orig.]
] —Synonyms jaunty, peppy, pert.
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chipper
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chip·per2
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| 1. | to chirp or twitter. |
| 2. | to chatter or babble. |
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chip·per3
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| 1. | a person or thing that chips or cuts. |
| 2. | a machine that grinds up logs, tree trunks, discarded Christmas trees, etc., into wood chips. |
| 3. | Slang. a person who uses narcotic drugs only occasionally or in small doses. |
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| chip·per 1
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n. One that chips or cuts: a wood chipper. |
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| chip·per 2
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intr.v. chip·pered, chip·per·ing, chip·pers
[Frequentative of chip2.] |
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| chip·per 3
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adj. In lively spirits; cheerful. [Possibly alteration of British dialectal kipper, lively.] |
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chipper
1837, "lively, nimble," Amer.Eng., from northern British dial. kipper "nimble, frisky," origin obscure.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| chipper | |
adjective | |
| having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
chipper [ˈtʃipə(r)] adjective
cheerful and lively
Example: You seem very chipper today.
Example: You seem very chipper today.
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Chipper
Chip"per\, v. i. [Cf. Cheep, Chirp.] To chirp or chirrup. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Chipper
Chip"per\, a. Lively; cheerful; talkative. [U. S.]| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
chipper
chipper: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary
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