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
While things had been chippy between the two hockey superpowers long before Team Canada beat their neighbors to the south in the gold-medal round of the 2010 Winter Olympics, recent spasms of political weirdness have helped turn the animosity up a notch.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Feb. 2025
Their fouls became increasingly chippy, leading to viral encounters from both Rodman and Morgan.
—Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
The chippy game ended with a total of five technical fouls and 63 free throw attempts.
—Chantz Martin, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2025
The entire game was chippy with several taunting calls throughout the contest.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Feb. 2025
Their fouls became increasingly chippy, leading to viral encounters from both Rodman and Morgan.
—Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
The chippy game ended with a total of five technical fouls and 63 free throw attempts.
—Chantz Martin, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2025
The entire game was chippy with several taunting calls throughout the contest.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chippy
Adjective
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There are also more aggressive interventions for people with severe allergies who don’t respond to other medicines like desensitization therapy, also known as allergy shots.—
Umair Irfan,
Wired News,
5 Apr. 2025
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The two were very aggressive from the start of the fight, with a lot of output.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Israel ended its ceasefire with the Hamas militant group and renewed its air and ground war last month.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Apr. 2025
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From Myanmar comes the story of a student turned insurgent who joined a militant guerilla group set on overthrowing the country’s military junta.—
The Dial,
The Dial,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Andreas typically waits until there have been three instances of potential hostile communication before asking her friend or colleague if everything is OK.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025
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Home to one of the world’s largest refugee populations – most of them from Afghanistan – Pakistan has not always welcomed the foreigners, subjecting them to hostile living conditions and threatening deportation over the years.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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And at a moment where reality TV shows are proliferating, but often with an ugly underbelly, the cable brand is betting that its antidote will resonate with an audience on both linear TV and streaming.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Apr. 2025
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That pollution causes an ugly brown smog to blanket the skyline on hot summer days and causes people, especially those with respiratory problems, to struggle to breathe.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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These comments seemed to further his feud with the agency following a contentious 2018 Tesla settlement over Musk's tweets that resulted in the Supreme Court declining to hear Musk's arguments against his tweets being monitored by the SEC.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
31 Mar. 2025
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And with that, Bob Dylan continued to play electric, despite the contentious crowd.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Strong winds also may have North Texans feeling more irritable, which scientists blame on there being too many positive ions in the air.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Mar. 2025
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Signs of overextension burnout include feeling emotionally drained, becoming irritable and struggling to focus—all of which can affect both your work and personal life.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Chippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chippy. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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