chippier; chippiest
: aggressively belligerent
a chippy hockey player
also
: marked by much fighting
a chippy game
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Examples of chippy in a Sentence
a chippy, defensive fellow whose alma mater was the school of hard knocks
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The Sky eventually edged the Liberty, 18-16, in a chippy third quarter.
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Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 5 June 2024
Rangers score first — and then things get chippy
Vincent Trocheck opened scoring for the Rangers by tapping in a pass from Adam Fox on a relatively wide open net 4:12 into the period.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 May 2024
The Panthers held Boston to just 16 shots on goal against Sergei Bobrovsky — six apiece in the first and second periods and just four in the third period, a final frame that got chippy and feisty and featured a dozen players receiving game misconducts.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
Green, in his first game since his fourth ejection of the season, got into a chippy moment with Grant Williams but didn’t get into any trouble.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
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Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 5 June 2024
Rangers score first — and then things get chippy
Vincent Trocheck opened scoring for the Rangers by tapping in a pass from Adam Fox on a relatively wide open net 4:12 into the period.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 May 2024
The Panthers held Boston to just 16 shots on goal against Sergei Bobrovsky — six apiece in the first and second periods and just four in the third period, a final frame that got chippy and feisty and featured a dozen players receiving game misconducts.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
Green, in his first game since his fourth ejection of the season, got into a chippy moment with Grant Williams but didn’t get into any trouble.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
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“Chippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chippy. Accessed 28 Jun. 2024.
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