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chipper
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chip·per 1  (chpr)
n.
One that chips or cuts: a wood chipper.

chip·per 2  (chpr)
intr.v. chip·pered, chip·per·ing, chip·pers
1. To chirp or twitter, as a bird.
2. To babble.

[Frequentative of chip.]

chip·per 3  (chpr)
adj.
In lively spirits; cheerful.

[Possibly alteration of British dialectal kipper, lively.]

chipper1
adj Informal
1. cheerful; lively
2. smartly dressed

chipper2
n
(Business / Commerce) Irish and Scot informal a fish-and-chip shop
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.chipper - having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist"
cheerful - being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be"
Translations
chipper [ˈtʃɪpəʳ] ADJalegre, contento

chipper1
adj (inf)lebhaft, munter

chipper2
n (inf: = fish and chip shop) → Fish-and-chips-Imbiss m

chipper
adj chipper [ˈtʃipə(r)]
cheerful and lively You seem very chipper today. opgewek, vrolik مُبْتَهٍج، مَرِح، حَيَوي закачлив veselý, čilý munter; frisk aufgeweckt, fröhlich ευδιάθετος και ζωηρός en plena forma reibas سرحال؛ شاد en pleine forme עָלִיז खूश और मस्त živahan, veseo élénk, virgonc girang su di giri, allegro 元気な 씩씩한 linksmas, gyvas mundrs; možs riang dan bertenaga vrolijk kvikk, munter, livlig rześki бодрый čulý, čiperný živahen radostan glad, pigg ร่าเริง şen, neşeli 興高采烈的 бадьорий, веселий زندہ دل ، مرنجاں مرنج hoạt bát


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