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chipper
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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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Noun
1513, in the meaning defined above
1822, in the meaning defined above
perhaps alteration of English dialect kipper lively
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