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chip·per

1   [chip-er]
adjective
marked by or being in sprightly good humor and health.
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Origin:
1830–40; of uncertain origin

Synonyms
jaunty, peppy, pert.

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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  • All is chipper when you're slightly high and completely out of your mind with fever dreams.
  • If you have large amounts of woody clippings, rent a chipper or shredder to process them into small pieces.
  • Strange, meanwhile, seems chipper but reports having a headache and an expanding belly that reminded her of being pregnant.
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chip·per

2   [chip-er]
verb (used without object)
1.
to chirp or twitter.
2.
to chatter or babble.
Origin:
1705–15; chip2 + -er6

chip·per

3   [chip-er]
noun
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.
Origin:
1505–15; chip1 + -er1
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chip (tʃɪp)
 
—n
1.  a small piece removed by chopping, cutting, or breaking
2.  a mark left after a small piece has been chopped, cut, or broken off something
3.  (in some games) a counter used to represent money
4.  a thin strip of potato fried in deep fat
5.  (US), (Canadian) Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): crisp a very thin slice of potato fried and eaten cold as a snack
6.  a small piece or thin slice of food
7.  sport a shot, kick, etc, lofted into the air, esp over an obstacle or an opposing player's head, and travelling only a short distance
8.  electronics a tiny wafer of semiconductor material, such as silicon, processed to form a type of integrated circuit or component such as a transistor
9.  a thin strip of wood or straw used for making woven hats, baskets, etc
10.  (NZ) a container for soft fruit, made of thin sheets of wood; punnet
11.  informal (Brit) cheap as chips inexpensive; good value
12.  informal chip off the old block a person who resembles one of his or her parents in behaviour
13.  informal have a chip on one's shoulder to be aggressively sensitive about a particular thing or bear a grudge
14.  informal (Brit) have had one's chips to be defeated, condemned to die, killed, etc
15.  informal when the chips are down at a time of crisis or testing
 
—vb , chips, chipping, chipped
16.  to break small pieces from or become broken off in small pieces: will the paint chip?
17.  (tr) to break or cut into small pieces: to chip ice
18.  (tr) to shape by chipping
19.  sport to strike or kick (a ball) in a high arc
 
[Old English cipp (n), cippian (vb), of obscure origin]
 
'chipper
 
—n

chipper1 (ˈtʃɪpə)
 
—adj
1.  cheerful; lively
2.  smartly dressed

chipper2 (ˈtʃɪpər)
 
—n
informal (Irish), (Scot) a fish-and-chip shop

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chipper
1837, "lively, nimble," Amer.Eng., from northern British dial. kipper "nimble, frisky," origin obscure.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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