chippy

¹ American  

[chip-ee] / ˈtʃɪp i /

noun

• chippies
  plural

1. Slang. Also chippie.

   1. a promiscuous woman.

   2. a prostitute.

2. chipping sparrow.

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chippy ² American  

[chip-ee] / ˈtʃɪp i /

noun

• chippies
  plural

1. a chipmunk.

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chippy ³ American  

[chip-ee] / ˈtʃɪp i /

adjective

chippier, chippiest

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.

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chippy ⁴ American  

[chip-ee] / ˈtʃɪp i /

noun

British Informal.

• chippies
  plural

1. a store selling fish and chips.

   I picked up some takeaway from the local chippy.

2. a carpenter.

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chippy ¹ British  

/ ˈtʃɪpɪ /

noun

1. informal a fish-and-chip shop

2. a slang word for carpenter

3. a potato crisp

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chippy ² British  

/ ˈtʃɪpɪ /

adjective

1. informal resentful or oversensitive about being perceived as inferior

   a chippy miner's son

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chippy ³ British  

/ ˈtʃɪpɪ /

noun

1. an informal name for chipmunk chipping sparrow

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chippy ⁴ British  

/ ˈtʃɪpɪ /

noun

1. informal a promiscuous woman

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chippy ⁵ British  

/ ˈtʃɪpɪ /

adjective

1. belligerent or touchy

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• chippiness
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• chippies
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of chippy¹

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

Origin of chippy²

chip(munk) + -y 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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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

chippy chippies chippier chippiest

Internet sleuths spotted sets of numbers in posters around the chippy which they worked out to be the map co-ordinates for Celtic's Parkhead stadium.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

“This was a conversation we had going into the game, you know, because just from what I was seeing, I knew it was going to be a chippy game,” Foster said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025

The Panthers boast three of the league’s most notorious pests on their roster, each of whom is renowned for trash talking, chippy hits, and enthusiastically physical play.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2025

The shift in energy was palpable in what became a chippy, physical game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2025

Day after day, his chippy chirpy perky self.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

The fish shop has become one of two Welsh chippies to be nominated for Takeaway of the Year at The National Fish and Chip Awards 2023.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2022

And he said Britain would lose more than takeout meals if thousands of neighborhood chippies disappeared.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2022

The Peterhead buyers were cagey about naming their customers, but the fish they purchased was destined for supermarkets, fishmongers, restaurants, and a few of the classic takeaway chippies that are a national institution.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2019

In bed, and on couch, and in kitchen, fresh out of oven, with lots of chocolate chippies .

From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2018

"I just fancy I can hear the squirrels laughing, and the little chippies singing for joy," declared Jerry.

From The Outdoor Chums The First Tour of the Rod, Gun and Camera Club by Quincy Allen

After Jared McCann headed back to the locker room following a hit from Cale Makar, the game got chippier and chippier, with Geekie’s pink-tinted visor often bobbing in the middle of post-whistle scrums.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

The game got chippier as the clock ticked toward zero.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2021

The tie lived on, and the chippiness became chippier, including an interlude involving Alonso and SKC star Benny Feilhaber that Vermes clearly felt warranted a second yellow.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2016

The work down low wouldn't result in a goal then, but the Capitals appeared to feed off the energy as things got chippier between the two teams.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2011

I thought he seemed chippier than ever this morning when he went out.

From The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt had two of history’s chippiest White House visits.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2020

Rockhold, the 185lb champion, is genuinely chippy – perhaps the chippiest person on the UFC roster.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 4, 2016

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