chipper• She, Rosie, was game for anything, but poor Carlo hadn't been feeling exactly chipper.• Felt prettychipper, as we scraped together enough coins to buy a sharedpolystyrenecup of milkytea.• What a chippermood they were always in!• You're looking very chipper this morning, Deborah.• He spoke in a chippertone, trying to let the children know he was talking to them.
Originchipper
(1800-1900) Probably from English dialectkipper“cheerful and active”