Meaning

8 senses
  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, colloquial)A potato chip.

  6. (informal)A chiptune.

  7. (US)A chipping sparrow.

  8. (slang)An occasional drug habit, less than addiction.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Tom is a chippy by trade.

    Том за фахом столяр.

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  2. Tom's a chippy and Mary's a sparky.

    Том столяр, а Мері - електрик.

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  3. Is there a fruit machine in the chippy?

    deSteht in der Frittenbude ein Spielautomat?

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  4. In Scotland you can get a deep-fried Mars bar in a chippy.

    deIn Schottland kann man in einer Pommesbude frittierte Mars-Riegel kaufen.

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  5. 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.

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Origin

From chip + -y.

From chip + -y.

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Forms

plural: chippies

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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