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
This has been an elite matchup, and last night got chippy, too.
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Chris Branch,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Tempers flared late in the game, toward the end of what was a chippy series between the Bruins and Sabres.
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Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
Everybody took a dip on the chippy side Sunday.
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Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
27 Apr. 2026
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
See All Example Sentences for chippy
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Tempers flared late in the game, toward the end of what was a chippy series between the Bruins and Sabres.
—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
Everybody took a dip on the chippy side Sunday.
—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
27 Apr. 2026
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.
—
Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for chippy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chippy
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Grey-zone tactics refer to a range of aggressive tactics that vary from navy ship patrols to drone flights, but fall short of direct combat.
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That will be decided in the coming hours, as the Heat remains in aggressive pursuit of a trade for Antetokounmpo.
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The interim deal is meant to stop fighting on all fronts, including in Lebanon where Israeli forces are battling the militant Hezbollah group.
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Despite an October ceasefire between Israel and the militant group Hamas, the enclave has seen near-daily Israeli attacks that have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
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The complaint alleges that school officials at Southern Hills Middle School failed to stop two years of antisemitic harassment against an eighth grader even after investigations concluded the student faced a hostile environment.
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Create an internal incident map and begin tagging hostile actions according to the DISARM taxonomy.
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With one notable exception, everyone over there has nothing but ugly things to say about their main villa counterparts.
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Women superheroes have always activated an ugly segment of the internet.
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This is not so different from the Founders’ vision of democracy, in which a federal system with independent, coequal branches of government forces collisions of competing interests that can get contentious, even chaotic, before compromises are forged.
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But with the Turnberry Agreement finally finding its footing, a reopening of wounds and a reignition of a contentious trade battle has likely held little appeal for the EU.
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Cancer could be affectionate and chatty one moment, and withdrawn and irritable the next, with little to no explanation.
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They can be withdrawn or irritable.
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“Chippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chippy. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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