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chippy1

Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɪpi/

informal
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Definition of chippy

noun

(also chippie) (plural chippies) British
  • 1a fish-and-chip shop: there used to be a good chippy down the back of Albert Street
  • 2a carpenter.

adjective

  • (of a person) touchy and defensive, especially on account of having a grievance or a sense of inferiority: I thought she was hostile and chippy
  • North American (of an ice-hockey game or player) rough and belligerent: a chippy game

Derivatives

chippiness

noun
his basic humanity becomes armoured in chippiness and paranoia

Origin:

mid 19th century: from chip + -y2, -y1; chippy1 (adjective) is from the phrase a chip on one's shoulder

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