Definition of Chippering

1. chipper [v] - See also: chipper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chippering

chipmunk voices
chipmunked
chipmunking
chipmunks
chipmusic
chipolata
chipolatas
chipotle
chipotles
chippable
chipped
chipped potato
chipped potatoes
chipper
chippered
chippering (current term)
chipperly
chipperness
chippers
chippie
chippier
chippies
chippiest
chipping
chipping sparrow
chipping sparrows
chipping squirrel
chipping squirrels
chippings

Literary usage of Chippering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Veiled Hand: A Novel of the Sixties, the Seventies, and the Eighties by Frederick Wicks (1893)
"chippering was shaving when next morning the partner of ... It is not, therefore, amazing that Mr. Alfred chippering was startled by the reflection in his ..."

2. Birds and Poets, with Other Papers by John Burroughs (1884)
"They were very lively, and chippering, and diving in a most extraordinary manner. They formed a broad continuous circle many rods in diameter. ..."

3. Ways of Nature by John Burroughs (1905)
"... I should think, filling the air above a whole square like a whirling swarm of huge black bees, but saluting the ear with a multitudinous chippering, ..."

4. The Writings of John Burroughs by John Burroughs (1905)
"... I should think, filling the air above a whole square like a whirling swarm of huge black bees, but saluting the ear with a multitudinous chippering, ..."

5. One Year of Sunday School Lessons for Young Children: A Manual for Teachers by Florence Ursula Palmer (1900)
"... with bushy tails and chippering voices. No wonder they had a fine time, for there in the cupboard were their Christmas and New Year's dinners all ready. ..."

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