Chippy

Chippy

Chippy may refer to:

  • A shop serving the traditional British dish Fish and chips
  • A slang term for a carpenter
  • Chippy (album), an album of songs from a play of the same name
  • Mrs. Chippy, a cat who accompanied Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–17
  • Zippy Chippy, a racehorse who has lost over 100 races
  • Chippy (actress), an actress in Indian cinema, mainly Malayalam.

People nicknamed 'Chippy'

  • Liam Brady, Irish footballer
  • Peter Frilingos, sports journalist
  • Chippy McGarr, American baseball player
  • Harry McNish, carpenter on Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917
  • David "Chippy" Robinson, prohibition era gangster
  • Chippy Simmons, English footballer
  • William Naughton (born 1868), Scottish footballer

See also


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  • Chippy — Chip py, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A small American sparrow ({Spizella socialis}), very common near dwelling; also called {chipping bird} and {chipping sparrow}, from its simple note. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Chippy — Chip py, a. Abounding in, or resembling, chips; dry and tasteless. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • chippy — promiscuous young woman; prostitute, 1880, U.S. slang, earlier (1864) short for chipping bird sparrow, perhaps ultimately a variant of cheep …   Etymology dictionary

  • chippy — informal ► NOUN (also chippie) (pl. chippies) 1) Brit. a fish and chip shop. 2) Brit. a carpenter. 3) N. Amer. a prostitute. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ touchy and irritable …   English terms dictionary

  • chippy — ☆ chippy or chippie [chip′ē ] n. pl. chippies 1. CHIPPING SPARROW 2. a chipmunk 3. Slang a) a promiscuous young woman b) a prostitute …   English World dictionary

  • chippy — adj aggressive and hypersensitive, irritat ingly resentful. The word is based on either the 19th century chip in , meaning to interfere, or the later notion of having a chip on one s shoulder . ► He s chippy. I find that small people are often… …   Contemporary slang

  • chippy — adjective (chippier; est) Etymology: chip on one s shoulder Date: 1898 aggressively belligerent < a chippy hockey player >; also marked by much fighting < a chippy game > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • chippy — chippy1 /chip ee/, n., pl. chippies. 1. Also, chippie. Slang. a. a promiscuous woman. b. a prostitute. 2. See chipping sparrow. [1860 65, Amer.; CHIPP(ING SPARROW) …   Universalium

  • chippy — [[t]tʃɪ̱pi[/t]] chippies also chippie N COUNT A chippy is the same as a chip shop. [BRIT, INFORMAL] For years he s visited the chippy at least once a week …   English dictionary

  • chippy —    1. American    a prostitute    Usually at the lower end of the profession, from chip, a bit or piece1:     He pays some chippie fifty to gobble his pork. (Diehl, 1978)    A chippie joint is a brothel.    2. American    to ingest illegal… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

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