chipper

Meanings

1. Exhibiting a lively optimism; in high spirits, cheerful.

1. Someone who or something which chips (e.g. wood).
2. A machine that reduces organic matter to compost; depending on size, whole tree trunks are reduced to sawdust; a woodchipper.
3. A machine that chips potatoes into pieces that are ready to be fried and made into chips.
4. A fish and chip shop, or more generally a cheap fast food outlet, typically selling chips and other deep-fried foods.
5. A company that manufactures potato chips/potato crisps.
6. A player who chips the ball.
7. A golf club for making chip shots.
8. A deep frier.
9. An occasional tobacco user, or more generally drug user.

1. To chirp or chirrup.

Etymology

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.