chipper

  • 21chipper — chipper1 /chip euhr/, adj. marked by or being in sprightly good humor and health. [1830 40; of uncert. orig.] Syn. jaunty, peppy, pert. chipper2 /chip euhr/, v.i. 1. to chirp or twitter. 2. to chatter or babble. [1705 15; CHIP2 + ER6] …

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  • 22chipper — 1. adjective Pertaining to a lively optimism, high spirits, cheerfulness 2. noun a) A fish and chips shop, or more generally a cheap fast food outlet, typically selling chips and other …

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  • 23chipper — (CHIP.ur) n. A person who smokes cigarettes only occasionally; a social smoker. Example Citation: There is no scientific definition of social smokers, though researchers label people who smoke one to five cigarettes daily as chippers to signify… …

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  • 24chipper — Synonyms and related words: active, activist, activistic, alert, alive, alive and kicking, animate, animated, bouncing, bouncy, breezy, bright, bright eyed and bushy tailed, brisk, bubbly, cheep, chip, chirk, chirm, chirpy, chirrup, chirrupy,… …

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  • 25Chipper — lively; cheerful (probably, British dialect kipper = frisky ) …

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  • 26chipper — I Australian Slang lively; cheerful (probably, British dialect kipper = frisky ) II Everyday English Slang in Ireland n fish and chip shop III Irish Slang fish and chip shop …

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  • 27chipper — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj., informal, lively, gay. See cheerfulness, activity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. in good spirits, lively, cheerful, jaunty; see happy 1 , lively 2 , sprightly . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …

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  • 28chipper — chip|per [ tʃıpər ] adjective OLD FASHIONED INFORMAL feeling happy and full of energy and hope …

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  • 29chipper — chip·per || tʃɪpÉ™ v. chirp, chirrup, twitter like a bird; chatter, babble n. one who cuts or chips; machine that grinds up tree trunks or logs into wood chips; talkative (US term); (Slang) social smoker, one who smokes cigarettes only from… …

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  • 30chipper — chipper1 adjective informal cheerful and lively. Origin C19: perh. from north. Engl. dialect kipper lively . chipper2 noun 1》 a thing that turns something into chips. 2》 Irish informal a fish and chip shop …

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