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
Things got just a bit chippy in the top of the sixth when Webb fired a four-seam fastball into the ribs of Dalton Rushing, who many speculated had made a disparaging comment at Jung Hoo Lee during Tuesday’s game when the Giants outfielder was hurt sliding home.
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
Ibrahim Aliyu scored his first goal of the season for Houston in the chippy and physical contest.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026
Ibrahim Aliyu scored his first goal of the season to help the Houston Dynamo beat San Diego FC 1-0 in a chippy and physical contest Wednesday night.
—ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
In a tight, chippy contest that featured 12 lead changes and was tied nine times, the Sixers pulled away late in a 109-97 victory inside Xfinity Mobile Arena in front of national TV audience on Amazon’s Prime Video.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
Ibrahim Aliyu scored his first goal of the season for Houston in the chippy and physical contest.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026
Ibrahim Aliyu scored his first goal of the season to help the Houston Dynamo beat San Diego FC 1-0 in a chippy and physical contest Wednesday night.
—ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
In a tight, chippy contest that featured 12 lead changes and was tied nine times, the Sixers pulled away late in a 109-97 victory inside Xfinity Mobile Arena in front of national TV audience on Amazon’s Prime Video.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chippy
Adjective
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Gone was the meek servant child, replaced by a confident woman who remained composed during aggressive cross-examination.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The new reality finds those legacy players, with the single exception of Disney, playing defense as tech’s flywheel spins faster, and their pursuit of TV ad dollars becomes even more aggressive.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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Analysts who followed Syria's civil war and militant groups in the region say ISIS was at one point a serious political rival to the more nationalist TIP.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
17 May 2026
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Al-Mainuki was born in 1982 in Mainok, or Mainuki, a village in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno, the heart of an insurgency crisis following the formation of the Boko Haram militant group around 2009.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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And Roosevelt explained in his summer radio addresses of 1941 that if the Germans win the war, the United States becomes an island within the world, with hostile empires dominating most of the world’s landmass.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
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Steward filed a complaint with human resources on June 30, alleging a hostile work environment.—
Ben Wheeler
May 20,
Kansas City Star,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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But there is a right to be concerned about Levshunov after an ugly 2025-26.—
Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Between archival footage and photos of Lennon and Ono, there are dozens of jarring, ugly visuals, seemingly generated by entering Ono and Lennon’s dialogue into a machine that spits out bizarrely literal interpretations of text.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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James Ward Thursday night’s California governor debate underscored just how unsettled — and contentious — the race has become, with candidates repeatedly clashing over crime, election integrity, reproductive rights, and the balance of power between state and local government.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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The most contentious and controversial being some very pointed criticisms of Ole Miss, his former school.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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That’s because the Moon is at odds with Mars today and everyone is irritable.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
7 May 2026
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What are the symptoms of irritable bowel disease?—
Lindy Segal,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Chippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chippy. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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