chippy

chip·py

adj \ˈchi-pē\

chip·pi·erchip·pi·est

Definition of CHIPPY

: aggressively belligerent <a chippy hockey player>; also : marked by much fighting <a chippy game>

Examples of CHIPPY

1. <a chippy, defensive fellow whose alma mater was the school of hard knocks>

Origin of CHIPPY

chip on one's shoulder

First Known Use: 1898

Related to CHIPPY

Synonyms: aggressive, agonistic, argumentative, assaultive, bellicose, brawly, belligerent, combative, confrontational, contentious, discordant, disputatious, feisty, gladiatorial, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent, warlike

Antonyms: nonaggressive, nonbelligerent, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, unbelligerent, uncombative, uncontentious

Related Words: antagonistic, fierce, hostile, hot-tempered; acidic, bearish, bilious, bristly, choleric, crabby, cranky, cross, disagreeable, dyspeptic, fractious, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, huffy, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, ornery, peevish, pettish, petulant, prickly, querulous, rude, snappish, snappy, stroppy [British], surly, testy, touchy, ugly, waspish; savage, vicious; battling, fighting, warring

Near Antonyms: anti-imperialist, antimilitarist, unwarlike; affable, amiable, amicable, benevolent, complaisant, conciliatory, cordial, easygoing, friendly, genial, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, ingratiating, kindhearted, obliging, pleasant, sociable; calm, quiet, relaxed, serene, tranquil; benign, gentle, kindly, mild

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Rhymes with CHIPPY

dippy, drippy, flippy, hippie, hippy, lippy, nippy, quippy, slippy, snippy, tippy, trippy, whippy, yippee, yippie, zippy