chippy

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adjective

chip·py ˈchi-pē

chippier; chippiest

Synonyms of chippy next

: aggressively belligerent

a chippy hockey player

also : marked by much fighting

a chippy game

chippy

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noun

chip·py

variant spelling of chippie

usually chippie slang, disapproving

: a woman who has multiple sexual partners : a woman who is sexually promiscuous

: a woman who engages in sex acts and especially sexual intercourse in exchange for pay : a woman who is a sex worker

usually chippy British, informal : chip shop

Occasionally on a Friday lunchtime I'll treat myself to a plate of fish and chips from the local chippy.—

Peter Collins

Examples of chippy in a Sentence

Adjective a chippy, defensive fellow whose alma mater was the school of hard knocks

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Adjective

The entire game was chippy with several taunting calls throughout the contest. —

Ryan Morik, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025 Things then got chippy shortly afterward with basically everyone on the ice getting involved in a scrum of some sort. —

Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 May 2024

Noun

Wade suited up next to Butler on a chippy if ill-fitting, Chicago squad. —

Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025 Later works included two pelicans above a Walthamstow chippy and, finally, a gorilla freeing animals from London Zoo. —

The Week Uk, theweek, 29 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for chippy