chippy

chip·py

adjective \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

Rhymes with CHIPPY

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