chippy ((adj.))

Slang

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1adj.

spoiling for an argument; argumentative.

Quotations

1891

Sir John [A. Macdonald was] on hand, chippy as ever. . . .

2adj.

characterized by bad tempers and rough play.

1962

. . . it was a chippy game which featured some questionable officiating.

1965

Spearing is the sort of chippy crime Shack might commit. . . .