noun A large marble used by boys in Scotland to chip at and scatter a row of marbles while standing at a certain distance. Also called a plunker. To make ‘chipper’; cheer up. noun Twitter; chatter. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. adjective ...
Chipperis most commonly used as an adjective meaning upbeat, cheerful, and high-spirited, especially in an outward way. Chipperis used to describe someone’s overall mood or attitude, or their actions. People sometimes get annoyed if they think a person is being toochipper—the word may be ...
Adjective perhaps alteration of English dialect kipper lively First Known Use Noun 1590, in the meaning defined above Adjective 1806, in the meaning defined above Time Traveler The first known use of chipper was in 1590 See more words from the same year Phrases Containing chipper blue-chipper...
• What a chipper mood they were always in!• You're looking very chipper this morning, Deborah.• He spoke in a chipper tone, trying to let the children know he was talking to them.Origin chipper (1800-1900) Probably from English dialect kipper “cheerful and active” ...
Chipper is not popular as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000. Baby names that sound like Chipper includeChever,Chypper, andCzcibor(Polish). † English pronunciation for Chipper: CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; P as in "pea (P.IY...
chip(v.) early 15c., "to break off in small pieces" (intransitive, of stone); from Old Englishforcippian"to pare away by cutting, cut off," verbal form ofcipp"small piece of wood" (seechip(n.1)). Transitive meaning "to cut up, cut or trim into small pieces, diminish by cutting...