chipper
English
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
From English dialectal kipper (“nimble; frisky”), of obscure origin. Perhaps akin to Old Norse kjapt (“briskly; impetuously”), kippa ("to snatch; pull; jerk" > Middle English kippen (“to seize”)), kipra (“to wrinkle; draw tightly”), Norwegian kjapp (“fast; brisk”), Dutch kippen (“to seize; catch; grip”). More at kip.
Adjective
chipper (comparative more chipper, superlative most chipper)
- Exhibiting a lively optimism; in high spirits, cheerful.
- 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1]:
- The idea of a merchant selling both totems of pure evil and frozen yogurt (he calls it frogurt!) is amusing in itself, as is the idea that frogurt could be cursed, but it’s really the Shopkeeper’s quicksilver shift from ominous doomsaying to chipper salesmanship that sells the sequence.
Translations
exhibiting a lively optimism
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Etymology 2
Noun
chipper (plural chippers)
- (British, Ireland, slang) A fish and chip shop, or more generally a cheap fast food outlet, typically selling chips and other deep-fried foods.
- (slang) A deep frier.
- (US) A machine that reduces organic matter to compost; depending on size, whole tree trunks are reduced to sawdust; a woodchipper.
- (US, smoking) An occasional tobacco user, or more generally drug user.
- A machine that chips potatoes ready to be fried and made into chips.
- A company that manufactures potato chips/potato crisps.
- 1974, Potato Chipper (volume 33, issues 16-27, page 25)
- Bichel asked chippers several thought-provoking questions about potato procurement, storage and handling.
- 1978, Joan Dye Gussow, The Feeding Web: Issues in Nutritional Ecology, page 151:
- Pet Inc.'s Laura Scudder division, a West Coast region chipper, has revamped its Dittos brand stack chips.
- 1974, Potato Chipper (volume 33, issues 16-27, page 25)
- Someone who chips (e.g. wood).
- (sports) A player who chips the ball.
- (golf) A golf club for making chip shots.
Synonyms
- (cheap food store): greasy spoon, hole in the wall
Translations
cheap fast food outlet
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deep frier
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machine that reduces organic matter to compost
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Etymology 3
Verb
chipper (third-person singular simple present chippers, present participle chippering, simple past and past participle chippered)
- (UK, dialect) To chirp or chirrup.
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