chipper

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Though certainly not the only chipping-away tools - some would hold that Honest Abe was the chief "chipper" - the rush to certify a non-complier / qualifier as commander in chief may turn out to be the most damaging yet.

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  1. noun One that chips or cuts: a wood chipper.
  2. intransitive verb To chirp or twitter, as a bird.
  3. intransitive verb To babble.
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  • He was very chipper, and seemed to be light- hearted and happy. —  Edison, His Life and Inventions
  • Though certainly not the only chipping-away tools - some would hold that Honest Abe was the chief "chipper" - the rush to certify a non-complier / qualifier as commander in chief may turn out to be the most damaging yet. —  Victorville Daily Press :
  • The lady in the wood chipper is my favorite part, but I don't even know who she is. —  New York Press
  • But he sounds chipper, which is a good sign .... by Eric Earling, 02: 47 PM, 18 Comments —  Sound Politics
  • Bockwinkle could carry anyone to a good match but, with a blue-chipper like Hennig, this match is a clinic of old-school wrestling. —  DVD Verdict
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  1. Frequentative of chip2.
  2. Possibly alteration of British dialectal kipper, lively.

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  1. from chip + - er. Cf. chopper.
  2. Assibilated form of English dial, kipper, lively, brisk: see kipper.
  3. From chipper, v., freq. of chip.
 

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