chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
chipper (comparative more chipper, superlative most chipper)
Exhibiting a lively optimism; in high spirits, cheerful.
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.
Someone who chips (e.g. wood).
(sports) A player who chips the ball.
(golf) A golf club for making chip shots.
• (cheap food store): greasy spoon, hole in the wall
chipper (third-person singular simple present chippers, present participle chippering, simple past and past participle chippered)
(UK, dialect) To chirp or chirrup.
Source: Wiktionary
Chip"per, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Cheep, Chirp.]
Definition: To chirp or chirrup. [ Prov. Eng.] Forby.
Chip"per, a.
Definition: Lively; cheerful; talkative. [U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
