chippy

chip·py

or chip·pie  (chĭp′ē)

n. pl. chip·pies

1. A chipping sparrow.

2. Slang A woman prostitute.

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[From chip.]

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chippy

(ˈtʃɪpɪ)

n, pl -pies

1. (Commerce) informal Brit a fish-and-chip shop

2. (Crafts) Brit and NZ a slang word for carpenter

3. (Cookery) NZ a potato crisp

[C19: from chip (n)]

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chippy

(ˈtʃɪpɪ)

adj, -pier or -piest

informal resentful or oversensitive about being perceived as inferior: a chippy miner's son.

[C20: from chip (sense 12)]

ˈchippiness n

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chippy

(ˈtʃɪpɪ) or

chippie

n, pl -pies

(Animals) an informal name for chipmunk, chipping sparrow

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chippy

(ˈtʃɪpɪ) or

chippie

n, pl -pies

informal chiefly US and Canadian a promiscuous woman

[C19: perhaps from chip (n)]

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chippy

(ˈtʃɪpɪ)

adj, -pier or -piest

belligerent or touchy

[C19: from chip (n), sense probably developing from: as dry as a chip of wood, hence irritable, touchy]

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chip•py¹

or chip•pie

(ˈtʃɪp i)

n., pl. -pies.

Slang. a promiscuous woman.

[1885–90, Amer.; perhaps after a chipping sparrow]

chip•py³

(ˈtʃɪp i)

adj. -pi•er, -pi•est. Canadian Slang.

1. (in ice hockey) using or characterized by aggressive, rough play.

2. irritable; ill-tempered.

[1890–95; chip¹ + -y¹]

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chippy

- A shop that sells fish and chips can be called a chippy.

See also related terms for shop.

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Translations

chippy

[ˈtʃɪpɪ] N

1. (US) → tía f, fulana f

2. (Brit) tienda que vende pescado frito con patatas fritas

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chippy

chippie [ˈtʃɪpi] n (British)

(= chip shop) → friterie fchip shop n (British) → friterie f

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chippy

n (inf)

(= joiner) → Schreiner m

(= chip shop) → Imbiss- or Frittenbude f (inf)

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