as in aggressive
feeling or displaying eagerness to fight
a chippy, defensive fellow whose alma mater was the school of hard knocks
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Recent Examples of chippy
Following a win in Game 3 without Jimmy Butler and a chippy Game 4 win on a rare quiet night by Stephen Curry (17 points on 6-for-13 FG, 2-for-8 3PT), the Warriors (7) are in the driver's seat in their first-round series vs. the Rockets (2).
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Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
Getting chippy with the Lian Bichsel, the Stars’ 6-foot-7 space-eater, the next.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2025
And when a team’s back is against the wall — like the Pistons, who can’t afford to lose another home game — things tend to get chippy fast.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
By Kelly Iko, James Jackson, Jay King, Josh Robbins, Anthony Slater, Joe Vardon, Jenna West and Jared Weiss
The Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets delivered a chippy game in Wednesday’s NBA playoff action, which concluded with a Rockets 109-94 home win.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
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Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
Getting chippy with the Lian Bichsel, the Stars’ 6-foot-7 space-eater, the next.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2025
And when a team’s back is against the wall — like the Pistons, who can’t afford to lose another home game — things tend to get chippy fast.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
By Kelly Iko, James Jackson, Jay King, Josh Robbins, Anthony Slater, Joe Vardon, Jenna West and Jared Weiss
The Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets delivered a chippy game in Wednesday’s NBA playoff action, which concluded with a Rockets 109-94 home win.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chippy
Adjective
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But even in Alberta, a province that has favored development, the legacy policies are still likely not aggressive enough to meet the moment.—
Mark Le Dain,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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The aggressive approach to deportations is giving Democrats a unifying message in opposition to Trump.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
14 June 2025
Adjective
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The aid group accused Hamas of carrying out the assault; the militant group has not yet responded to the allegations.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
12 June 2025
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Some activists have been criticized for spreading messages seen as antisemitic or outright supportive of militant groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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The crowd was right on top of you there, the students rimmed the court, the very definition of a hostile environment.—
Jim Calhoun with Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2025
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That’s coupled with a more hostile political environment for diversity-forward businesses.—
Phoebe Liu,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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My goodness, these men wanted to win the U.S. Open with every bit of their being, to finally win a major championship and make this ugly, rainy day worth the battles behind them.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
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The beautiful game deserves better than to be played against a backdrop of ugly anti-human rights policies.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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The contentious professional relationship between billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump has seemingly come to an end.—
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Everything's an 'emergency': How Trump's executive order record pace is testing the courts Lawmakers often shy away from piling too much into one bill because each contentious provision spurs its own opposition.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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Cass fulfills his obligations in a particularly irritable way.—
Jesse Hassenger,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2025
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One person’s fatigue is another’s back pain, is another’s migraine or irritable bowel, or long Covid, and so on.—
Jessica DuLong,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Chippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chippy. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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