<B>chipped, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having small pieces chopped or broken off the edges or surface. <BR> <I>Ex. a chipped cup.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(of meat) smoked and cut in very thin slices. <BR> <I>Ex. chipped beef.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>made of chips or small pieces. </DL>
<A NAME="chippendale">
<B>Chippendale, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> in the style of graceful, ornate furniture designed by Thomas Chippendale, or resembling this furniture. <BR> <I>Ex. spindle-legged Chippendale tables (Mary E. Braddon).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="chipper">
<B>chipper</B> (1), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) lively and cheerful. <BR> <I>Ex. [He] celebrated his 78th birthday, chipper and active despite an occasional feeling that he had "lived past my years" (Newsweek).</I> (SYN) sprightly, brisk. </DL>
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<B>chipper</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that chips or cuts. <BR> <I>Ex. Logs selected for sawn timber will be passed to the saw mill, where a further chipper is installed (London Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>chipper</B> (3), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> chirping; chatter. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to chirp or twitter; chatter or babble. </DL>
<A NAME="chippewa">
<B>Chippewa, </B>noun, pl. <B>-wa</B> or <B>-was.</B> <B>=Ojibwa </B>(Indians).</DL>
<B>chipping sparrow,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small sparrow of eastern and central North America; chipbird; chippy. </DL>
<A NAME="chippingsquirrel">
<B>chipping squirrel,</B> =chipmunk.</DL>
<A NAME="chippy">
<B>chippy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-pies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=chipping sparrow.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=chipmunk.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Slang.) <DD><B> a. </B>a frivolous young girl. <DD><B> b. </B>a woman of loose morals. </DL>
<A NAME="chips">
<B>chips, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>chip.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="chipshot">
<B>chip shot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Golf.) a short, lofted approach shot, played near the putting green, especially with wrist motion; chip. </DL>
<A NAME="chiral">
<B>chiral, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry, Physics.) not superimposable on its mirror image; asymmetric. <BR> <I>Ex. a chiral molecule or atom.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="chirality">
<B>chirality, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry, Physics.) the property of being chiral or asymmetric. </DL>
<A NAME="chirata">
<B>chirata, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a plant belonging to the gentian family, found in northern India. <DD><B> 2. </B>the bitter tonic obtained from this, used like quinine. Also, <B>chiretta.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="chiretta">
<B>chiretta, </B>noun. =chirata.</DL>
<A NAME="chirho">
<B>Chi-Rho, </B>noun, pl. <B>-Rhos.</B> =XP.</DL>
<A NAME="chiriguano">
<B>Chiriguano, </B>noun, pl. <B>-no</B> or <B>-nos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of a South American Indian tribe, living in western Bolivia, and speaking a Tupi-Guarani language. <DD><B> 2. </B>the language of this tribe. </DL>
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<B>chirk, </B>verb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> (Scottish.) <B>1. </B>to make a strident noise: <DD><B> a. </B>to grate (or otherwise make a noise with) the teeth. <DD><B> b. </B>to creak, as a door. <DD><B> c. </B>to croak. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Archaic.) to chirp; chirrup, as a bird. <DD><I>adj. </I> (U.S. Informal.) chirky. <BR> <I>Ex. She was just as chirk and chipper as a wren (Harriet Beecher Stowe).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>chirk up,</B> </I>(U.S. Informal.) to make or become cheerful; cheer up. <BR> <I>Ex. Perhaps Mrs. Kimball would like one herself; it would chirk her up no end (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="chirky">
<B>chirky, </B>adjective, <B>chirkier,</B> <B>chirkiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) lively; cheerful. <BR> <I>Ex. The score ... is as chirky as a summer band concert (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
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<B>chirm, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>vocal noise, especially of birds. <DD><B> 2. </B>the mingled din or noise of many birds or voices. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to chatter or warble, as a bird. </DL>
<A NAME="chirognomy">
<B>chirognomy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of palmistry concerned with judging character from the hand. </DL>
<A NAME="chirograph">
<B>chirograph, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of various formally written or signed legal or other documents. <DD><B> 2. </B>a writing executed in duplicate on a single sheet, and then divided, as through letters, or along an indented line, between the copies. <DD><B> 3. </B>a document in one's own handwriting. </DL>
<A NAME="chirographer">
<B>chirographer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who writes or is skilled at writing by hand. </DL>
<A NAME="chirographic">
<B>chirographic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of chiragraphy. </DL>
<B>chirography, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> style or system of writing; handwriting. </DL>
<A NAME="chiromancer">
<B>chiromancer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who practices or professes chiromancy. </DL>
<A NAME="chiromancy">
<B>chiromancy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> fortunetelling or divination by inspection of a person's hands; palmistry. Also, <B>cheiromancy.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="chiron">
<B>Chiron, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Legend.) a wise and kindly centaur, teacher of many Greek heroes. He was famous for his medical skill. </DL>
<A NAME="chironomid">
<B>chironomid, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of dipterous insects resembling gnats, often forming large swarms in spring. <BR> <I>Ex. Fragile chironomids, delicate as mosquitoes, skated on the surface of the water (R. W. G. Hingston).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="chironomy">
<B>chironomy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the art of indicating a melody to a choir by hand motions, used in directing Gregorian chant. Also, <B>cheironomy.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="chiropodist">
<B>chiropodist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who removes corns and treats other troubles of the feet; podiatrist. </DL>
<A NAME="chiropody">
<B>chiropody, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the work of a chiropodist; podiatry. </DL>
<A NAME="chiropractic">
<B>chiropractic, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the treatment of diseases by manipulating the spine and other body structures. It is based on the theory that many diseases are caused by pressure, especially of the vertebrae, upon nerves. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=chiropractor.</B> <DD><I>adj. </I> having to do with the treatment of diseases by manipulating the spine. </DL>
<A NAME="chiropractor">
<B>chiropractor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who treats diseases by manipulating the spine. </DL>
<A NAME="chiropter">
<B>chiropter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) any animal of the order of mammals that comprises the bats, having forelimbs modified as wings; a bat. </DL>
<A NAME="chiropteran">
<B>chiropteran, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with a chiropter. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>=chiropter; bat.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="chiropterous">
<B>chiropterous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>wing-handed, as a bat. <DD><B> 2. </B>having the characteristics of a chiropter or bat. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=chiropteran.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="chirp">
<B>chirp, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the short, sharp sound made by some small birds and insects. <BR> <I>Ex. The chirp of a sparrow.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>any sound like this. <BR> <I>Ex. One by one the ten Superforts touched down, with a chirp of tires (Time).</I> (SYN) cheep. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to make a chirp. <BR> <I>Ex. The crickets chirped outside the house.</I> (SYN) cheep. <DD><B> 2. </B>to make a sound imitative of, or similar to, the chirp of a bird: <DD><B> a. </B>to make a sound of suction with compressed lips by way of encouragement or greeting; chirrup. <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative.) to speak in a manner in some respect like the chirping of birds. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to utter with a chirp. (SYN) cheep. <DD><B> 2. </B>to greet or incite by chirping. <BR> <I>Ex. He chirped his horses on.</I> noun <B>chirper.</B> </DL>
<B>chirr, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> to make a shrill, trilling sound, somewhat like chirping but more continuous and monotonous. <BR> <I>Ex. The grasshoppers chirred in the fields.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a shrill, trilling sound. Also, <B>churr.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="chirrup">
<B>chirrup, </B>verb, <B>-ruped,</B> <B>-ruping,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i., v.t. </I> to chirp again and again; make a chirping sound, for example to a tame bird or horse. <DD><I>noun </I> the sound of chirruping. </DL>
<B>Chisanbop, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) a system of calculating arithmetically with the fingers, invented by Sung Jin Pai, a Korean mathematician. It is used especially to teach elementary arithmetic. <BR> <I>Ex. With Chisanbop, the fingers are used to count to 99, with larger numbers being carried over by memory or written down (Maclean's).</I> </DL>
