chippy

Meaning

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.

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

عصفور صغير

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃɪpi/

Etymology

From chip + -y.