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
Then things got chippy: In the 70th minute, Sporting’s Jake Davis took down Real Salt Lake’s Zavier Gozo, while head referee Ismir Pekmic played advantage.
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Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 29 June 2025
The Cavaliers used a massive 43-point second quarter to stay ahead for most of the game, but the Heat, as they’re known to do, hung around with chippy defense and timely points late in the game.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
More Dallas Mavericks News: Mavericks Should Save Anthony Davis from Himself
Outside of season-ending injuries to All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving and bench guard Dante Exum, Dallas seems to be healing at just the right time to at least become a chippy play-in tournament out.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
The chippy sequence led to technical fouls and the ejections of multiple players.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
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Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 29 June 2025
The Cavaliers used a massive 43-point second quarter to stay ahead for most of the game, but the Heat, as they’re known to do, hung around with chippy defense and timely points late in the game.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
More Dallas Mavericks News: Mavericks Should Save Anthony Davis from Himself
Outside of season-ending injuries to All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving and bench guard Dante Exum, Dallas seems to be healing at just the right time to at least become a chippy play-in tournament out.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
The chippy sequence led to technical fouls and the ejections of multiple players.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chippy
Adjective
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Potential Fed chair David Zervos backs an aggressive rate cut.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2025
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Poor oral hygiene allows plaque bacteria to produce acids that contribute to decay, while aggressive brushing can physically wear away the enamel surface.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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While some agree with early views of student protestors that Israel is carrying out a campaign of cruelty and ethnic cleansing in Gaza, others insist Hamas, the militant group in control of the region, which attacked Israel on Oct. 7, sparking the war, is solely responsible for the suffering.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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Videos released by the militant groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad last week showed hostages Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski in a visibly fragile state – images that galvanized a forceful reaction both at home and abroad.—
Dana Karni,
CNN Money,
3 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In recent weeks, both have also moved military forces to the border near Assab and are engaging in escalating exchanges of hostile rhetoric.—
Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, Trump has moved closer to Pakistan, with which India has hostile relations and the U.S. has historically had a complex and sometimes tense relationship, especially as Pakistan has grown closer to and is primarily armed by China.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The Navy must address the ugly fact that, despite all the security America can provide, a diverse array of enemies, rivals and criminals can shut the Panama Canal down at virtually any time.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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In the ugliest defeat of a season belatedly compiling them, the New York Mets blew an early 6-0 lead Wednesday to fall to the Atlanta Braves 11-6.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Elsewhere in the Bay Area, San Francisco Playhouse is wrapping up a one-person show that leads audiences to consider their feelings and beliefs about the profoundly contentious Israel-Gaza conflict, even though it’s mostly meant to be a personal story.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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Instead of a more contentious disagreement, which could have necessitated a final ruling from commissioner Roger Goodell, the two sides ultimately settled on an agreement to share the equity.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Not surprisingly, then, these films are usually littered with bums and losers — people who really should have moved on with their lives — possessing irritable personalities, cynical worldviews, or hilarious delusions of grandeur.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
25 July 2025
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People become irritable, withdrawn, or hyper-independent.—
Barnaby Lashbrooke,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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“Chippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chippy. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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