Definitions
having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“Van Halen orders garlic strewn about Lucy's bedroom. she feels a bit chipperer the next morning, so Mina heads off to help poor Harker in Budapest.”
“NR workers feed the cleared vegetation into a chipper.”
“'Yes, and CCTV on the drink link and at Fabio's chipper.'”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Cheerful”7 letters
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