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chippy
noun
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(British, slang) A fish-and-chip shop.
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(British, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A carpenter.
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(Australia, slang) The youngest member of a team or group, normally someone whose voice has not yet deepened, talking like a chipmunk.
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(New Zealand) A potato chip.
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(US, slang) A prostitute or promiscuous woman.
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(demoscene, informal) A chiptune.
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fish-and-chips shop
chippy
adjective
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(Canada, UK) Ill-tempered, disagreeable.
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(Canada, sports) Involving violence or unfair play.
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(of wood) Tending to form chips when cut, rather than larger, more usable pieces of wood.
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(dated) As dry as a chip of wood.
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(archaic) Feeling sick from drinking alcohol; hung over.
chippy
verb
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(slang) To take drugs (especially heroin) on an occasional basis, rather than as an addict. [from 20th c.]
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