knocked chip off one shoulder (verb) throw down the gauntlet: invite to do battle
Detalii: you run the gantlet but throw down the gauntlet
Sinonime: aloof,
assuming,
audacious,
autocratic, biggety,
bossy, bragging,
cavalier,
cheeky, cocky, cold-shoulder,
conceited,
contemptuous,
cool*,
disdainful,
domineering,
egotistic,
haughty, high and mighty, high-handed,
imperious,
insolent, know-it-all, lordly, on an ego trip, overbearing,
peremptory, pompous,
presumptuous,
pretentious,
proud, puffed up,
scornful, self-important, smarty, smug, sniffy, snippy, snooty, snotty, stuck up,
supercilious,
superior, swaggering, uppity, vain, wise guy
Antonime: humble,
meek,
servile, unconceited