adj
Meaning 1
Exhibiting a lively optimism; in high spirits, cheerful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
chipper
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈt͡ʃɪpɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɪpə/
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rhymes with -ɪpə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: CH IH1 P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Someone who or something which chips (e.g. wood).
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noun
Meaning 3
Someone who or something which chips (e.g. wood).
A machine that reduces organic matter to compost; depending on size, whole tree trunks are reduced to sawdust; a woodchipper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Meaning 4
Someone who or something which chips (e.g. wood).
A machine that chips potatoes into pieces that are ready to be fried and made into chips.
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noun
Meaning 5
A fish and chip shop, or more generally a cheap fast food outlet, typically selling chips and other deep-fried foods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: East, Ireland, North, Scotland, slang
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noun
Meaning 6
A company that manufactures potato chips/potato crisps.
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noun
Meaning 7
A player who chips the ball.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 8
A golf club for making chip shots.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 9
A deep frier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
Meaning 10
An occasional tobacco user, or more generally drug user.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: lifestyle, smoking
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noun
Meaning 11
Killer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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verb
Meaning 12
To chirp or chirrup.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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adjective satellite
Meaning 13
having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air- Frances G. Patton- H.M.Reynolds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit
- life that is gay, brisk, and debonair
- walked with a jaunty step
- a jaunty optimist
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: debonair, debonaire, jaunty
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From English dialectal kipper (“nimble; frisky”), of obscure origin. Perhaps akin to Old Norse kjapt (“briskly; impetuously”), kippa ("to snatch; pull; jerk" > Middle English kippen (“to seize”)), kipra (“to wrinkle; draw tightly”), Norwegian kjapp (“fast; brisk”), Dutch kippen (“to seize; catch; grip”). More at kip.
From chip + -er.
Compare cheep, chirp.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: čiperný — exhibiting a lively optimism
- Czech: čilý — exhibiting a lively optimism
- Czech: živý — exhibiting a lively optimism
- Dutch: goedgemutst — exhibiting a lively optimism
- Finnish: iloinen — exhibiting a lively optimism
- German: überschwänglich — exhibiting a lively optimism
- German: quietschfidel — exhibiting a lively optimism
- Dutch: snackbar — cheap fast food outlet
- Dutch: friettent — cheap fast food outlet
- Finnish: pikaruokapaikka — cheap fast food outlet
- Finnish: snagari — cheap fast food outlet
- Dutch: friteuse — deep frier
- Dutch: frituur — deep frier
- Finnish: uppopaistin — deep frier
- Czech: štěpkovač — machine that reduces organic matter to compost
- Dutch: hakselaar — machine that reduces organic matter to compost
- Finnish: silppuri — machine that reduces organic matter to compost
- Finnish: jätesilppuri — machine that reduces organic matter to compost
- Finnish: haketin — machine that reduces organic matter to compost
- Finnish: hakkuri (woodchipper) — machine that reduces organic matter to compost
- French: broyeur — machine that reduces organic matter to compost
- French: hache-paille — machine that reduces organic matter to compost
- German: Schredder — machine that reduces organic matter to compost
- German: Häcksler — machine that reduces organic matter to compost
- Portuguese: triturador — machine that reduces organic matter to compost