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chippy
1[ chip-ee ]
chippy
2[ chip-ee ]
noun
- a chipmunk.
chippy
3[ chip-ee ]
adjective
- Ice Hockey. using or characterized by aggressive, rough play or commission of fouls:
a chippy player;
a chippy second period.
- Canadian. ill-tempered; irritable.
chippy
4[ chip-ee ]
noun
- a store selling fish and chips:
I picked up some takeaway from the local chippy.
- a carpenter.
chippy
1/ ˈtʃɪpɪ /
adjective
- belligerent or touchy
chippy
2/ ˈtʃɪpɪ /
noun
- informal.a promiscuous woman
chippy
3/ ˈtʃɪpɪ /
adjective
- informal.resentful or oversensitive about being perceived as inferior
a chippy miner's son
chippy
5/ ˈtʃɪpɪ /
noun
- See chipping sparrow, chipmunkan informal name for chipmunk chipping sparrow
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Derived Forms
- ˈchippiness, noun
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Word History and Origins
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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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