chipper
adjective
- cheerful
noun
- device for cutting wood into small pieces
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪpɚ/ / /ˈtʃɪpə/
adj
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.
- Exhibiting a lively optimism; in high spirits, cheerful.
“Van Halen orders garlic strewn about Lucy's bedroom. she feels a bit chipperer the next morning, so Mina heads off to help poor Harker in Budapest.”
“The idea of a merchant selling both totems of pure evil and frozen yogurt (he calls it frogurt!) is amusing in itself, as is the idea that frogurt could be cursed, but it’s really the Shopkeeper’s quicksilver shift from ominous doomsaying to chipper salesmanship that sells the sequence.”
noun
Etymology: From chip + -er.
- Someone who or something which chips (e.g. wood).
“Used for chopping large blocks of chocolate into small pieces, a chocolate chipper looks like a large fork with six thin, very sharp, pointed metal fingers. To use the chipper, hold it straight up and down and press it firmly[…]”
- Someone who or something which chips (e.g. wood).
“NR workers feed the cleared vegetation into a chipper.”
- Someone who or something which chips (e.g. wood).
- A fish and chip shop, or more generally a cheap fast food outlet, typically selling chips and other deep-fried foods.
“'Yes, and CCTV on the drink link and at Fabio's chipper.'”
- A company that manufactures potato chips/potato crisps.
“Bichel asked chippers several thought-provoking questions about potato procurement, storage and handling.”
“Pet Inc.'s Laura Scudder division, a West Coast region chipper, has revamped its Dittos brand stack chips.”
- A player who chips the ball.
- A golf club for making chip shots.
- A deep frier.
- An occasional tobacco user, or more generally drug user.
verb
Etymology: Compare cheep, chirp.
- To chirp or chirrup.
“[a squirrel] […] eyeing me inquisitively, chippering, and shaking his tail”