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chippy

1

[ chip-ee ]

noun

, plural chip·pies.
  1. Also chippie. Slang.
    1. a promiscuous woman.
    2. a prostitute.


chippy

2

[ chip-ee ]

noun

, plural chip·pies.

chippy

3

[ chip-ee ]

adjective

, chip·pi·er, chip·pi·est.
  1. Ice Hockey. using or characterized by aggressive, rough play or commission of fouls:

    a chippy player;

    a chippy second period.

  2. Canadian. ill-tempered; irritable.

chippy

4

[ chip-ee ]

noun

, British Informal.
, plural chip·pies.
  1. a store selling fish and chips:

    I picked up some takeaway from the local chippy.

  2. a carpenter.

chippy

1

/ ˈtʃɪpɪ /

adjective

  1. belligerent or touchy


chippy

2

/ ˈtʃɪpɪ /

noun

  1. informal.
    a promiscuous woman

chippy

3

/ ˈtʃɪpɪ /

adjective

  1. informal.
    resentful or oversensitive about being perceived as inferior

    a chippy miner's son

chippy

4

/ ˈtʃɪpɪ /

noun

  1. informal.
    a fish-and-chip shop
  2. a slang word for carpenter
  3. a potato crisp

chippy

5

/ ˈtʃɪpɪ /

noun

  1. an informal name for chipmunk chipping sparrow

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Derived Forms

  • ˈchippiness, noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of chippy1

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; chipp(ing sparrow) + -y 2; chippy 1def 1 apparently derivative of this sense, or from chip 2

Origin of chippy3

First recorded in 1885–90; chip 1 (compare chip on one's shoulder ) + -y 1

Origin of chippy4

First recorded in 1885–90; chip 1 + -y 2

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Word History and Origins

Origin of chippy1

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

Origin of chippy2

C19: perhaps from chip (n)

Origin of chippy3

C20: from chip (sense 12)

Origin of chippy4

C19: from chip (n)

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Example Sentences

Early in the second quarter, Wagner had to hold Bryant back when the center tried to fight Blake Griffin following a chippy play.

During the ensuing runback, tempers flared, and things got a little chippy.

For all the glamour of some local residents, the town itself—known to locals as "Chippy" —  remains a handsome but modest place.

David Remnick: He's a little chippy about her in the memoir.

I say, you chaps, I'm sorry I made such an ass of myself yesterday; I felt chippy over that friend of mine being killed.

We awoke with the sun, feeling—I speak for myself—rather touzled and chippy, and waited a long time for the orders to proceed.

Both rooms were furnished, but cold and gloomy; the floor of what the girl called her dressing-room was chippy and worm-eaten.

Fact is, Tweddle, I've been so doosid chippy for the last two days, I daren't touch a razor.

And when Chippy Hackee got home, he found he had caught a cold in his head; and he was more uncomfortable still.

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