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1chip·per

noun \ˈchi-pər\

Definition of CHIPPER

: one that chips <a wood chipper>
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First Known Use of CHIPPER

1513

Rhymes with CHIPPER

clipper, dipper, dripper, flipper, gripper, kipper, quipper, nipper, ripper, shipper, sipper, skipper, slipper, snipper, stripper, tipper, tripper, whipper, zipper

2chipper

adjective

Definition of CHIPPER

: sprightly 1
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Examples of CHIPPER

  1. My, you're looking chipper this morning.
  2. She greeted me in a chipper voice.

Origin of CHIPPER

perhaps alteration of English dialect kipper lively
First Known Use: 1822

Related to CHIPPER

Synonyms
blithe, blithesome, bright, buoyant, canty [British dialect], cheery, cheerful, eupeptic, gay, gladsome, lightsome, sunny, upbeat, winsome
Antonyms
dour, gloomy, glum, morose, saturnine, sulky, sullen

Rhymes with CHIPPER

dripper, gripper, kipper, sipper, skipper, slipper, snipper, whipper, zipper

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