chipper Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
    debonaire; debonair; jaunty.
    • 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

WordNet

Chip"per intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Cheep, Chirp.
Definitions
  1. To chirp or chirrup. Prov. Eng. Forby.
Chip"per adjective
Definitions
  1. Lively; cheerful; talkative. U. S.

Webster 1913