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chippering up

chippering up is the present participle and gerund of chipper up.

Meaning of chipper up

Verb

chipper up (third-person singular simple present chippers up, present participle chippering up, simple past and past participle chippered up)

  1. (ambitransitive, informal) To make or become more chipper; to cheer up.

Questions about chippering up

What is chippering up the present participle and gerund of?
Chippering up is the present participle and gerund of chipper up.

Words near chippering up in the dictionary

  1. chipperer
  2. chipperest
  3. Chipperfield
  4. chipperies
  5. chippering
  6. chippering up
  7. chipperly
  8. chipperness
  9. chippers
  10. chippers up
  11. chippery

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