chipper
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Synonyms & Antonyms for chipper
Synonyms: Adjective
blithe, blithesome, bright, buoyant, canty [British dialect], cheerful, cheery, eupeptic, gay, gladsome, lightsome, sunny, upbeat, winsome
Antonyms: Adjective
dour, gloomy, glum, morose, saturnine, sulky, sullen
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Examples of chipper in a Sentence
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My, you're looking chipper this morning. She greeted me in a chipper voice.Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The two blue-chippers became familiar during the recruiting process. — Wright Wilson, Detroit Free Press, "Muskegon QB Cameron Martinez dusts future Ohio State teammate Grant Toutant, De La Salle," 31 Aug. 2019 The Tigers continue to raid the talent rich Sunshine State for blue-chippers having already received a verbal commitment from Jacksonville product cornerback Fred Davis II. — Scooby Axson, SI.com, "Clemson's 2020 Recruiting Class Means the Dynasty-Building Will Continue," 3 July 2019 Afterward, Walthall planned to torture the judge and shred him in a wood chipper, according to court papers. — Daily Pilot, "Court overturns conviction of former Laguna Beach man found guilty of plotting to kill judge in wood chipper," 30 July 2019 The Oklahoma native isn’t the only blue-chipper who decided to stay close to home. — Emily Caron, SI.com, "How the Trend of Top Recruits Staying Home Is Changing College Basketball," 19 July 2019 The drama happened very close to where tree trimmers hired by the U.S. Postal Service were acccused in 2014 of feeding baby birds into a wood chipper after sawing off branches on ficus trees where egrets and herons were nesting. — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, "Rescue operation: 41 egrets, herons, eggs saved — more threatened after massive Oakland tree topples," 11 July 2019 Baltimore County officials on Friday clarified that a 20-year-old man who was reported to have fallen from a tree and was injured by a wood chipper was not cut by the blade. — Cody Boteler, baltimoresun.com, "Critically injured man in Parkville wood chipper incident was not cut by blade, officials clarify," 21 June 2019 Saplings can be cut into manageable pieces with loppers, then fed into a wood chipper and turned into mulch. — Henry Robertson, Popular Mechanics, "The Best Brush Clearing Tips and Equipment," 19 Apr. 2019 Time to toss this week in the wood chipper and move on to better things. — Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, "What the (BLEEP) just happened? Rex Huppke's 'Week In Review'," 14 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Even Britain’s House Speaker John Bercow seemed chipper, despite tensions at home and on the continent over Brexit. — Washington Post, "Pelosi calms allies, talks climate at G7 meet — unlike Trump," 7 Sep. 2019 In chipper tones, recruitment agents delivered polished pitches. — Katerina Manoff, The Atlantic, "How They (Online Graduate Programs) Get You," 14 Aug. 2019 Some residents are placing paper bagged yard waste and chipper material in the street. — baltimoresun.com, "Aberdeen: TAPS fundraisers for military families on tap," 5 July 2019 Some residents are placing paper bagged yard waste and chipper material in the street. — baltimoresun.com, "Aberdeen: TAPS fundraisers for military families on tap," 5 July 2019 In another instance, a truck and wood chipper were reported stolen. — Jennifer James, Houston Chronicle, "Thief takes — and returns — car, police say," 20 June 2019 Some residents are placing paper bagged yard waste and chipper material in the street. — baltimoresun.com, "Aberdeen: No farmer’s market next week," 28 June 2019 From Home, Holland is a fun member of a chipper teen ensemble. — Darren Franich, EW.com, "Spider-Man: Far From Home," 24 June 2018 The lady at Counter 11 was helpful, chipper, and the transaction was quick and painless. — Sainted & Tainted Writers, Twin Cities, "Sainted and Tainted: This might be an unpopular thought right now, but here’s to you, Woodbury DMV!," 8 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'chipper.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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