DCHP-1 Online
chippy ((adj.)) Slang 
1 adj. spoiling for an argument; argumentative.
- 1891 Sir John [A. Macdonald was] on hand, chippy as ever. . . .
2 adj. characterized by bad tempers and rough play.
- 1962 . . . it was a chippy game which featured some questionable officiating.
- 1965 Spearing is the sort of chippy crime Shack might commit. . . .
- 1891 Sir John [A. Macdonald was] on hand, chippy as ever. . . .