Adjective
My, you're looking chipper this morning.
She greeted me in a chipper voice.
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Noun
Over the last three seasons, her chipper attitude and outrageous fashion have made quite the impression on her new colleagues and friends — and viewers at home.—Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024 Everett’s brow relaxes, his voice suddenly chipper.—Maya Binyam, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Adjective
Wasn’t the entire point of season two making both the audience and Ted realize all the ways in which his ultra-chipper attitude and impenetrable optimism were a mask for decades of repressed sadness?—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2023 The super-chipper T.A. who serves as her driver and cheerleader (Rammel Chan) deposits Kate at a B&B whose snarling proprietor (Cindy Gold) seems to have chosen the wrong line of business.—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Aug. 2020 See all Example Sentences for chipper
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Word History
Etymology
Adjective
perhaps alteration of English dialect kipper lively
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