as in aggressive
feeling or displaying eagerness to fight
a chippy, defensive fellow whose alma mater was the school of hard knocks
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Recent Examples of chippy
Things then got chippy shortly afterward with basically everyone on the ice getting involved in a scrum of some sort.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 May 2024
Read more: Fight Breaks Out After Michigan Football Takes Down Rival Ohio State in Unranked Upset Win
Though it is expected for opposing teams to get chippy with one another, especially following a loss, the fight was not a good look for the NCAA.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Biden gets chippy with China America’s AI future can’t happen without computer chips, and neither can China’s.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 3 Dec. 2024
Saturday's James Madison-Charlotte matchup got a bit chippy at a point, but one player might have taken things a bit too far.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2024
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 May 2024
Read more: Fight Breaks Out After Michigan Football Takes Down Rival Ohio State in Unranked Upset Win
Though it is expected for opposing teams to get chippy with one another, especially following a loss, the fight was not a good look for the NCAA.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Biden gets chippy with China America’s AI future can’t happen without computer chips, and neither can China’s.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 3 Dec. 2024
Saturday's James Madison-Charlotte matchup got a bit chippy at a point, but one player might have taken things a bit too far.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chippy
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Instead, her life was turned upside down last week after President Donald Trump’s administration began instituting mass layoffs as part of an aggressive effort to trim the federal workforce.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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That aggressive style of play limited how often Creighton could set up a half-court offense anchored by 7-1 center Ryan Kalkbrenner, who is four inches taller than Ejiofor, the biggest St. John’s starter.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2025
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Hamas, which has fought Israeli troops for more than a year in its Gaza stronghold since attacking communities in southern Israel on Oct 7, 2023, said sending tanks showed the threats faced by Israeli troops from militant fighters in the camps.—
Raneen Sawafta and James Mackenzie,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Hezbollah has been left badly depleted by Israeli attacks and the mass event was intended as a show of strength for the militant and political group.—
CNN Staff,
CNN,
23 Feb. 2025
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In a notable thawing of tensions between Russia and the U.S., Trump even promised to visit Moscow, and said Putin would be welcome in Washington, D.C. The president has also become increasingly hostile toward Ukraine.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
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China’s relentless nuclear buildup, its hostile espionage operations, its militant rhetoric, and, above all, its support for Russia suggest that Xi has already made his call and that a confrontation with the United States is inevitable.—
Sergey Radchenko,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Feb. 2025
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Since winning at Boise State on Jan. 4 and blowing out Air Force at home four days later, the season had become a grind – a double-digit loss at New Mexico, a rare home loss against UNLV, a string of ugly wins against the Mountain West’s bottom-feeders after overcoming dangerously large deficits.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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Aside from being ugly, your chocolate will be grainy and crumbly and a little sad.—
Matthew Korfhage,
WIRED,
15 Feb. 2025
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There were several contentious incidents in this rather odd and chaotic match that had appeared as good as over with around 20 minutes left, before several late twists.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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The intense lead-up to Crowley’s firing In the months that led up to Crowley’s removal, Bass and the city’s fire department had been engaged in a contentious back-and-forth about their immediate response to the Palisades fire.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN,
21 Feb. 2025
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This misalignment impairs your sleep and concentration, and can leave you feeling irritable.—
Mackenzie Gamble,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 2025
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Here’s one way to take your mind off a certain election that seems to have everyone tense and irritable these days — consider that Tahoe ski season is almost here.—
Randy McMullen,
The Mercury News,
31 Oct. 2024
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“Chippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chippy. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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