chippy

  • 1Chippy — may refer to: A shop serving the traditional British dish Fish and chips A slang term for a carpenter Chippy (album), an album of songs from a play of the same name Mrs. Chippy, a cat who accompanied Sir Ernest Shackleton s Imperial Trans… …

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  • 2Chippy — Chip py, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A small American sparrow ({Spizella socialis}), very common near dwelling; also called {chipping bird} and {chipping sparrow}, from its simple note. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3Chippy — Chip py, a. Abounding in, or resembling, chips; dry and tasteless. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4chippy — promiscuous young woman; prostitute, 1880, U.S. slang, earlier (1864) short for chipping bird sparrow, perhaps ultimately a variant of cheep …

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  • 5chippy — informal ► NOUN (also chippie) (pl. chippies) 1) Brit. a fish and chip shop. 2) Brit. a carpenter. 3) N. Amer. a prostitute. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ touchy and irritable …

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  • 6chippy — ☆ chippy or chippie [chip′ē ] n. pl. chippies 1. CHIPPING SPARROW 2. a chipmunk 3. Slang a) a promiscuous young woman b) a prostitute …

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  • 7chippy — adj aggressive and hypersensitive, irritat ingly resentful. The word is based on either the 19th century chip in , meaning to interfere, or the later notion of having a chip on one s shoulder . ► He s chippy. I find that small people are often… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 8chippy — adjective (chippier; est) Etymology: chip on one s shoulder Date: 1898 aggressively belligerent < a chippy hockey player >; also marked by much fighting < a chippy game > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 9chippy — chippy1 /chip ee/, n., pl. chippies. 1. Also, chippie. Slang. a. a promiscuous woman. b. a prostitute. 2. See chipping sparrow. [1860 65, Amer.; CHIPP(ING SPARROW) …

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  • 10chippy — [[t]tʃɪ̱pi[/t]] chippies also chippie N COUNT A chippy is the same as a chip shop. [BRIT, INFORMAL] For years he s visited the chippy at least once a week …

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