as in aggressive
feeling or displaying eagerness to fight
a chippy, defensive fellow whose alma mater was the school of hard knocks
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Recent Examples of chippy
The entire game was chippy with several taunting calls throughout the contest.
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Ryan Morik, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
Things then got chippy shortly afterward with basically everyone on the ice getting involved in a scrum of some sort.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 May 2024
Read more: Fight Breaks Out After Michigan Football Takes Down Rival Ohio State in Unranked Upset Win
Though it is expected for opposing teams to get chippy with one another, especially following a loss, the fight was not a good look for the NCAA.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Biden gets chippy with China America’s AI future can’t happen without computer chips, and neither can China’s.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 3 Dec. 2024
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Ryan Morik, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
Things then got chippy shortly afterward with basically everyone on the ice getting involved in a scrum of some sort.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 May 2024
Read more: Fight Breaks Out After Michigan Football Takes Down Rival Ohio State in Unranked Upset Win
Though it is expected for opposing teams to get chippy with one another, especially following a loss, the fight was not a good look for the NCAA.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Biden gets chippy with China America’s AI future can’t happen without computer chips, and neither can China’s.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chippy
Adjective
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The press by Starmer and Macron this week reflects the mounting concern felt by much of Europe that Trump's aggressive push to find an end to the war signals his willingness to concede too much to Russian President Vladimir Putin.—
JILL LAWLESS AND AAMER MADHANI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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With Oklahoma City, currently the best and most aggressive defense in the league by a wide margin, there isn’t just one candidate.—
Shane Young,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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The militant group has said that the move would affect the remaining hostages as well.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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In December, a coalition of opposition fighters led by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) took over cities and eventually Damascus as regime forces retreated.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
7 Mar. 2025
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The set-up has grown increasingly hostile over time, and became an impassible roadblock when the Lerner family tried to sell the Nationals back in 2022.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Prince overcame the hostile environment and kept TCU afloat during the first quarter when the Horned Frogs struggled to find their footing offensively.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Mar. 2025
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Or the constitutional dystopia in which we are now caught, beside which even the ugliest onscreen villainy pales into insignificance?—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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The advanced metrics paint an ugly picture for the Suns as well over that span: 114.0 OffRtg (11th), 117.3 DefRtg (27th), -3.2 NetRtg (21st).—
Evan Sidery,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Focus on jail incident One of Johnston’s most contentious moments came when Rep. Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, asked him about an incident last week involving immigration authorities’ arrest of a man in the parking lot of a Denver jail.—
Elliott Wenzler,
The Denver Post,
5 Mar. 2025
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European stocks are heading for a higher open on Wednesday amid optimism that U.S. President Donald Trump’s 25% duties on Canada and Mexico could be relaxed, with investors also paying attention to the potential reform of Germany’s contentious debt brake system.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2025
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Cold exposure is particularly helpful for those who have irritable skin through the constriction of blood vessels, alleviating swelling and flushes.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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The elderly single mom, played with an irritable, bone-deep bitterness by Irish actor Fiona Shaw, has spent the past few years paralyzed by an illness no one can diagnose.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Chippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chippy. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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