chipper

1 of 2

noun

chip·​per ˈchi-pər How to pronounce chipper (audio)
: one that chips
a wood chipper

chipper

2 of 2

adjective

Examples of chipper in a Sentence

Adjective My, you're looking chipper this morning. She greeted me in a chipper voice.
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Noun
Maybe not the actual people, who are usually sunny and chipper in contrast to their grisly work, but certainly the actual act of being worked on by one of them. Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025 Chernow follows the pattern of most biographers in giving this work less attention than the more chipper earlier books—which is a pity, because the later work also reflects the Twain best illuminated by Chernow’s biography and its emphasis on Twain’s most forlorn years. Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
Adjective
Wasn’t the entire point of season two making both the audience and Ted realize all the ways in which his ultra-chipper attitude and impenetrable optimism were a mask for decades of repressed sadness? Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2023 The super-chipper T.A. who serves as her driver and cheerleader (Rammel Chan) deposits Kate at a B&B whose snarling proprietor (Cindy Gold) seems to have chosen the wrong line of business. Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Aug. 2020 See All Example Sentences for chipper

Word History

Etymology

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

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“Chipper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chipper. Accessed 19 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

chipper

adjective
chip·​per
ˈchip-ər
: being in good health or spirits

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