Meaning
8 senses(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang)A carpenter.
(US, Western, slang)A prostitute or promiscuous woman.
(Ireland, UK, informal)A fish-and-chip shop.
(Australia, slang)The youngest member of a team or group, normally someone whose voice has not yet deepened, talking like a chipmunk.
(New Zealand, colloquial)A potato chip.
(informal)A chiptune.
(US)A chipping sparrow.
(slang)An occasional drug habit, less than addiction.
Examples
5 sentencesTom is a chippy by trade.
Том за фахом столяр.
Tom's a chippy and Mary's a sparky.
Том столяр, а Мері - електрик.
Is there a fruit machine in the chippy?
deSteht in der Frittenbude ein Spielautomat?
In Scotland you can get a deep-fried Mars bar in a chippy.
deIn Schottland kann man in einer Pommesbude frittierte Mars-Riegel kaufen.
Mike waited outside the chippy for Dani while she ordered a large portion of chips.
deMike wartete vor der Frittenbude auf Dani, die gerade eine große Portion Pommes bestellte.
Origin
From chip + -y.From chip + -y.
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