chippy

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With some volition Hughes pinpointed Bellamy's chippy, abrasive way of going about things as precisely the quality that the side have been needing all season.

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  1. noun A chipping sparrow.
  2. noun Slang A woman prostitute.

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  • Freddie noticed that she was looking deucedly chippy, even chippier than a moment ago. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Jill the Reckless, by P. G. Wodehouse
  • "When you play 40 minutes things can get a bit chippy, but these games went by quickly and were a lot faster paced."
  • As I spoke I felt like a chippy freak - one of those people too intransigently cranky even to like Barack Obama, or recycling, or the Internet. —  news | WM | http://www.starnewsonline.com
  • Mark Stuart got a little bit chippy, so Canadien Kyle Chipchura dropped the gloves and challenged him to fight. —  The #1 Source for New England Sports Opinions and Propaganda...
  • Serbs will never stop being chippy, but to be honest that's part of their charm. —  A Fistful Of Euros » A Fistful Of Euros
 

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