chippy

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃɪpi/

Etymology

From chip + -y.

Synonyms

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

Translations

سيء الخلق

rondinaire

malhumorat

angeschlagen

bärbeißig

Flittchen

schlecht gelaunt

übellaunig

verdrießlich

sauertöpfisch

unleidlich

miesepetrig

Frittenbude

Pommesbude

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