adj
Meaning 1
Ill-tempered, disagreeable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, UK
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Standard Lemma guide
chippy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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/ˈt͡ʃɪpi/
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɪpi
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CMU ARPABET: CH IH1 P IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Involving violence or unfair play.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- 2007, Canadian Interuniversity Sport, cisport.ca, The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns and University of Saskatchewan Huskies battled to a 1-1 draw in a chippy Canada West men’s soccer affair that saw the teams combine for 33 fouls and five yellow cards.
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adj
Meaning 3
Tending to form chips when cut, rather than larger, more usable pieces of wood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 4
As dry as a chip of wood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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adj
Meaning 5
Feeling sick from drinking alcohol; hungover.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 6
A carpenter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang
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noun
Meaning 7
A prostitute or promiscuous woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, Western, slang
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noun
Meaning 8
A fish-and-chip shop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, informal
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Synonyms: chipper
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noun
Meaning 9
The youngest member of a team or group, normally someone whose voice has not yet deepened, talking like a chipmunk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, slang
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noun
Meaning 10
A potato chip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand, colloquial
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noun
Meaning 11
A chiptune.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: computing, demoscene, engineering, lifestyle, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 12
A chipping sparrow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Meaning 13
An occasional drug habit, less than addiction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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verb
Meaning 14
To take drugs (especially heroin) on an occasional basis, rather than as an addict.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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History
Etymology
From chip + -y.