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
The contest turned chippy during that period, when nine of the afternoon’s 13 penalties were assessed.
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Tris Wykes,
Twin Cities,
11 June 2026
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
See All Example Sentences for chippy
Tris Wykes,
Twin Cities,
11 June 2026
This has been an elite matchup, and last night got chippy, too.
—
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
See All Example Sentences for chippy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chippy
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The goal is gentle smoke and indirect heat rather than aggressive flames.
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Right now, the multi-trillion-dollar global apparel industry is undergoing an aggressive technological shift, adopting artificial intelligence as a production standard rather than an experimental pilot.
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Yet Piker himself has followed the DSA’s militant line, repeatedly praising authoritarian regimes such as China’s, Cuba’s, and Russia’s, as well as terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
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There are also concerns that fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon could escalate once more and derail future talks.
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And until a Black commentator is held responsible for making openly hostile remarks about White people, nothing will change.
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For example, in March, the crypto exchange Kraken put its multibillion‑dollar IPO on hold amid hostile market conditions, according to CoinDesk.
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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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These groups tackle politically contentious issues like immigration, human rights, and the environment.
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However, the bill was so contentious that in order to squeak it through, legislators stuffed it full of carve-outs and exemptions, allowing cities to delay implementation by passing their own plans to add density.
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The symptoms are so delayed that people often blame them on food poisoning, irritable-bowel syndrome, gluten intolerance.
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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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“Chippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chippy. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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