chippy

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) A carpenter.
2. (US, Western, slang) A prostitute or promiscuous woman.
3. (Ireland, UK, informal) A fish-and-chip shop.
4. (Australia, slang) The youngest member of a team or group, normally someone whose voice has not yet deepened, talking like a chipmunk.
5. (New-Zealand) A potato chip.
6. (informal) A chiptune.
7. (US) A chipping sparrow.
8. (slang) An occasional drug habit, less than addiction.

Adj

1. (Canada, UK) Ill-tempered, disagreeable.
2. (Canada, US) Involving violence or unfair play.
3. Tending to form chips when cut, rather than larger, more usable pieces of wood.
4. (dated) As dry as a chip of wood.
5. (archaic) Feeling sick from drinking alcohol; hungover.

Verb

To take drugs (especially heroin) on an occasional basis, rather than as an addict.

Conceptes

rondinaire

malhumorat

Sinònims

prostitute

carpenter

crabbed

crabby

cramped

cranky

cross

crosspatch

denticulate

dry

grumpy

indented

lively

petulant

picky

ragged

seedy

serrate

slut

snotty

unwell

off colour

saw-edged

chippy bird

chippy sparrow

carnaptious

Scroogelike

quibbly

belligerent

kwaai

Traduccions

سيء الخلق

angeschlagen

bärbeißig

Flittchen

schlecht gelaunt

übellaunig

verdrießlich

sauertöpfisch

unleidlich

miesepetrig

Frittenbude

Pommesbude

Fischbude

bougon

عصفور صغير

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃɪpi/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From chip + -y.