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Grammar : Adj

Spell : chip-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃɪp ər

Definition of chipper

Origin : 1834, "lively, nimble," American English, from northern British dialectal kipper "nimble, frisky," the origin of which is obscure.

adj happy

Example sentences :

He's feeling so chipper that, if it wasn't that I swore he shouldn't, he'd have got out of bed by this time.
Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Chipper managed to get it and wing it across to Crane for a clean put-out.
Extract from : « Rival Pitchers of Oakdale » by Morgan Scott

A remark which inflamed Cooper, in spite of Chipper's pretense that he did not hear it.
Extract from : « Rival Pitchers of Oakdale » by Morgan Scott

You'll find old Jim spry an' chipper, awaitin' you with a smile on his face.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

Instead of being glum and pessimistic and foreboding, he was chipper and enthusiastic.
Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith

And even when he was feelin' chipper his face was long enough.
Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford

On the other hand, Ree was bright and chipper as a squirrel in the nutting season.
Extract from : « Far Past the Frontier » by James A. Braden

Perhaps it is because he has a kind of chipper air with the books.
Extract from : « The Lost Art of Reading » by Gerald Stanley Lee

And Chipper sprang upon the wolf and engaged in a hand-to-hand fight.
Extract from : « The Later Cave-Men » by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

There they found that Chipper had already secured his prize.
Extract from : « The Later Cave-Men » by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

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