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chip·py
or chip·pie (chĭp′ē)n. pl. chip·pies
1. A chipping sparrow.
2. Slang A woman prostitute.
[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)]
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
chippy
(ˈtʃɪpɪ) orchippie
n, pl -pies
(Animals) an informal name for chipmunk, chipping sparrow
chippy
(ˈtʃɪpɪ) orchippie
n, pl -pies
informal chiefly US and Canadian a promiscuous woman
[C19: perhaps from chip (n)]
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.
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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] N2. (Brit) tienda que vende pescado frito con patatas fritas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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chippy
n (inf)
(= joiner) → Schreiner m
(= chip shop) → Imbiss- or Frittenbude f (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007