| 释义 |
chip·per
I. \ˈchipə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: chip (II) + -er
: one that chips: as
a. : a tool, device, or machine used for removing unwanted material or surface roughness by chipping (as in finishing castings or forgings or cleaning painted metal); specifically : a narrow blade with diametrically opposite and broad cutting points to be fitted between two circular saw blades in a dado head and designed to cut out the wood between the grooves cut by the circular blade
b. : a machine for reducing something (as pulpwood) to chips
c. : a workman who dresses, cleans, or finishes something by chipping or grinding
< ore chipper >
< pottery chipper >
< tire chipper >
: an operator of a chipper
d. : a worker who chips trees for turpentine
II. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: chip (V) + -er
1. of a bird : chirp, twitter
2. of a person : chatter, babble — see chipper up
III. adjective
Etymology: perhaps variant of kipper
: being in high spirits : cheerful, gay, sprightly
< looked chipper, like a man who has been diverted by his own wit — Frances G. Patton >
: trim, trig
< a chipper man with a bandbox look >
: being in good health : being in a state of physical well-being : vigorous
< as chipper as when I had last seen him, ten years before — James Thurber > |