looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit.
Examples of chipper
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On a phone call to a reporter, he sounds chipper in spite of the gloomy outcome.
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Mayor Jerramiah Healy said the cast iron object came from a nearby wood chipper.
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Chipper servers occasionally get distracted, but regain their balance and focus.
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That doesn't necessarily leave everyone around the water cooler feeling chipper.
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It has the chipper, characterless dialogue and the earnest, helpful soundtrack.
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Through it all, Taylor remained the resolutely chipper public face of the unit.
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That is why there is no cow more sacred in city government than chipper trucks.
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When the sun seems to set shortly after lunch, it can be tough to feel chipper.
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Chipper Jones hit into a double play with men on first and second in the fifth.
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Having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist"
Nipper (1884u20131895) was a dog who served as the model for a painting titled His Master's Voice. This image was the basis for the dog-and-gramophone logo used by several audio recording and associated brands: Victor Talking Machine Company, Gramophone Company, Berliner Gramophone, His Master's Voice, HMV, EMI, RCA, RCA Victor, Victrola, Electrola, Bluebird, Zonophone, JVC and Deutsche Grammophon.
Fish and chips (sometimes written "fish 'n' chips") is a popular take-away food that originated in the United Kingdom in 1858 or 1863.. It consists of deep-fried fish (traditionally cod, haddock or plaice) in batter or breadcrumbs with deep-fried chipped (slab-cut) potatoes.
A chipper is an occasional drug user who does not use drugs with the regularity or frequency that is typical of addicts. It is used particularly to refer to opiate users and tobacco smokers.
(Chippering) Tomcat in Love is a novel by Tim O'Brien, about the misadventures of a womanizing linguistics Professor, Thomas H. Chippering, originally published in hardcover by Bantam Doubleday Dell, in 1998. ...
(Chippers) A tree chipper or wood chipper is a machine used for reducing wood (generally tree limbs or trunks) into smaller parts, such as wood chips or sawdust. They are often portable, being mounted on wheels on frames suitable for towing behind a truck or van. ...
(slang) A fish and chips shop, or more generally a cheap fast food outlet, typically selling chips and other deep-fried foods; A deep frier; A machine that reduces organic matter to compost; depending on size, whole tree trunks are reduced to sawdust; a woodchipper; (smoking) An occasional ...
(chipperness) The state or condition of being chipper; optimism
Smokers who smoke at a low rate, e.g., 1-5 cigarettes per day. An estimated 10-20% of all smokers are chippers. Also know as social smoker or a periodic smoker.