chippyn.¹

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪpi/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɪpi/

Forms: 1800s– chippie, 1800s– chippy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: chipping bird n., chip-bird n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < chip- (in chipping bird n. or chip-bird n.) + -y suffix¹; originally in chippy bird.With chippy sparrow compare chip sparrow n. Compare also earlier chip n.³ and later chip v.³

North American.

Originally more fully chippy bird, chippy sparrow. The chipping sparrow, Spizella passerina.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Spizella > spizella passerina (chipping sparrow)

chipping bird1791

chipping sparrow1810

chip-bird1824

chip sparrow1843

chippy1856

1856 New Jersey Farmer Sept. 4/1 Allow the robin, the blue-bird, the chippy bird, the cat bird, the black-bird, the woodpecker, the high hole, &c., the greatest liberty upon your farms and in your orchards.

1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 295 I obtained there also eight nests of the Redstart..and two of the Chippy (Spizella socialis).

1896 Auk 13 263 He spied a nest of Chippy Sparrows..with young ones.

1909 Missouri Bot. Garden 20th Ann. Rep. 62 Nowadays when we hear city people speak of a Chippy, we do not know whether the real Chippy is meant or the English House Sparrow.

1913 G. Stratton-Porter Laddie iii. 94 In the hollow of a rotten rail a little chippy bird always built a hair nest.

1958 Winnipeg Tribune 12 July 21/3 The chippy is not renowned as a songster, but its clear trill, lasting several seconds, is preferable to the monotonous ‘jib-job’ notes of the house sparrow.

2005 B. Thompson et al. Identify Yourself 331 When these birds aren't singing, however, it is possible that a birder might mistake a ‘chippy’ for another species.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

chippyn.²

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪpi/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɪpi/

Forms: 1800s– chippy, 1900s– chippie.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: chip n.², -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < chip n.² + -y suffix¹. The semantic motivation of sense 2 is unclear (perhaps some allusion to payment or method of payment), and it is possible that it shows a different word. A specific use of chippy n.¹ is possible (compare bird n. 13, chick n.¹ 3), as is development by conversion from chippy adj.² Perhaps compare cheap adj. Connection with French chipie, denoting a disagreeable woman, seems unlikely.

1. British slang (originally Navy). (A nickname for) a carpenter or other woodworker. Cf. chip n.² 7.In quot. 1925: a nickname for a person with the surname Carpenter.

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > woodworker > [noun] > carpenter

carpenterc1325

tree-workera1382

timberman1466

carpentaries1486

chip1784

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1881 Fraser's Mag. May 613 This unfortunate piece of carelessness would never have been overlooked if our invaluable ‘Chippy’ (the carpenter) had not been laid up with a severe attack of bronchitis.

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 167 Nicknames..Chippy: for a man named Carpenter.

1930 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 680 Try & find me a chippy to run shelves..the full depth and height of the chimney-breast.

2008 M. Billingham In Dark (2009) v. 57 Oh yeah, never busier... Just had to take on a few more chippies, sparks, painters, whatever.

2. slang (originally U.S.). A promiscuous or disreputable young woman; a prostitute. Also more generally as a term of abuse or contempt for a girl or young woman.

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman

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1885 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 11 Aug. 4/5 The ‘chippy’ often starts out as a kind of female hoodlum or gamin.

1921 Hot Dog Nov. 7 ‘Well if it isn't Old...’ said our friend, ‘who used to give the campus chippies the eloquent wink with me down at Okmulgee University.’

1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 June 438/1 Opal and other ‘chippies’ at Moll's ‘sporting-house’.

1955 ‘W. Mole’ Hammersmith Maggot ii. 26 He was no timidly frenzied lover of some exorbitant chippy.

2003 Sunday News (Lancaster, Pa.) (Nexis) 13 July The guy tries to cover up an affair with a young chippy, and the whole country goes ballistic.

3. British colloquial. A shop selling fish and chips and (now usually) other takeaway food; = chip shop n.

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society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop selling provisions > prepared food to take away > chips or fish and chips

potato shop1792

fried-fish warehouse1838

chip shop1892

fried-fish shop1898

chippy1961

chipper1970

1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1036/1 Chippy, a fish-and-chips shop: Merseyside.

1965 Listener 3 June 827/1 In the industrial towns the housewife..found that time, labour, and money were saved by the chippie.

2015 T. Mehmood You're not Proper 171 I..found a five-pound note and went to the chippy to get some food.

Compounds

C1. U.S. As a modifier, forming nouns denoting a brothel or place where prostitutes work, as in chippyhouse, chippy joint, etc.

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1895 Amer. Jrnl. Insanity Jan. 354 He overheard someone remark that ‘he had plenty of money, that his mother kept a chippy-house, and that he was a bastard’.

1929 T. Wolfe Look homeward, Angel (1930) xii. 254 Your place is getting the reputation of a regular chippyhouse.

1942 R. Haig-Brown Timber (1993) xiv. 197 Why in hell do we have to do this, go and break up a chippy joint and waste a whole evening?

1990 S. Morgan Homeboy ix. 63 A tenspot was his toll, more than twice the going rate, but the Troll's was hardly the regular chippy joint that got raided every week.

C2.

chippy chap n. British Navy slang now rare a shipwright or carpenter on a ship; (also) any member of a shipwright or carpenter's team.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > boat-builder or shipbuilder > [noun] > in specific trade or type of work

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1903 Daily Mail 28 May 4/5 ‘Chips’ is the carpenter, the warrant officer in charge of the staff, while ‘Chippy-chaps’ are the members.

1922 A. Cherry-Garrard Worst Journey in World (2004) I. iv. 95 Meanwhile the hut was rising very quickly, and Davies, who was Chippy Chap, the carpenter, deserves much credit.

1957 F. Shaw Under Red Ensign iii. 61 Give the chippy-chap something to do.

chippy chaser n. U.S. a lecherous man; a womanizer; (also) a man who uses prostitutes.

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > womanizing or associating with loose women > one who

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masher1872

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun] > lascivious or lustful person > lecher

lecherc1175

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tomcat1884

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alley cat1911

lech1943

stoata1960

shark1981

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > frequenting prostitutes > one who

whore hunter?1506

strumpetier1633

drabbera1640

chippy chaser1887

mush1972

1887 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 19 Apr. 6/4 A slang term that has particular significance is ‘a chippy chaser’. This is applied to the persecutors of honorable working girls. They stand upon the street corners until some pretty girls pass by, and then follow them block after block, talking in a loud voice and otherwise annoying them.

1918 Calif. Law Rev. 6 108 As a young man he had the reputation of being a ‘rounder’ and ‘chippy chaser’.

1962 P. Crump Burn, Killer, Burn! ix. 73 That rotten, whore-hopping baboon... that chippie-chaser!

1969 Films in Rev. June 380/2 David Janseen plays the father, a ruthless chippy-chaser and one-third owner of Caesar's Palace.

2020 @PRAYING4MUELLER 2 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 2 June 2021) Get back u chippie chaser! Don't touch me!

chippy rigger n. Air Force slang now historical a carpenter who assembles and adjusts the rigging of aircraft, ensuring that the airframe is in correct condition for flying; = rigger n.¹ 1b.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > construction and servicing aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > assembling or adjusting parts > one who

rigger1912

chippy rigger1932

1932 Aeroplane 11 May 867/1 (advt.) Widely experienced and very keen G. E... All-round maintenance and ‘Chippy’ Rigger.

1967 L. Wright Wooden Sword xiii. 204 I had to have help, and a chippy-rigger was reluctantly allowed in to work while the model was veiled in paper.

1997 H. Onderwater Gentlemen in Blue (e-book ed.) i. The chippy rigger NCO, Cpl. Durbridge, had a few not very kind words to say of the crew.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

chippyadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪpi/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɪpi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: chip n.², chip v.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < chip n.² + -y suffix¹, and partly < chip v.¹ + -y suffix¹.

†1. Made of or resembling woodchips. Obsolete. rare.

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1614 D. Dyke Myst. Selfe-deceiuing 146 Euen a great deale of fire falling vpon hard and solide substances would not once kindle, and a little sparkle in drie chippie combustible matter hath quickly burnt vp all.

1729 R. Savage Wanderer i. 17 Here my chill'd veins are warm'd by chippy fires.

2. Of food: extremely dry; flaky or crumbly as a result of dryness. Also figurative: dull, uninteresting. Now rare.

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the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > very

bone?a1300

for-drya1386

bone-dryc1480

siticulous1620

chippy1850

powder-dry1934

straw-dry1951

1850 Househ. Words 20 July 394/1 The potatoes were gone, and the yellow meal was dear and dry and chippy—it hadn't the nature about it that a hot potato has for a poor man.

1866 Sat. Rev. 31 Mar. 375 A few..have passed a dry, chippy, verseless youth.

1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leics. 386 Chippy and parched.

1945 M. L. Vissing Sawdust xviii. 109 Luise kept close watch on the chicken in the pan for fear it might become dry and chippy.

†3. Cracked, fissured, chapped. Cf. chappy adj.¹ Obsolete.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > chapped or cracked

chipped1495

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soda-chapped1922

1851 E. K. Kane Jrnl. 11 Feb. in U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1853) xxxiv. 301 Eyes, nose, and mouth chippy with lampblack and undue evaporation.

1868 Med. Times & Gaz. 25 Apr. 456/2 The interior of the mouth was very white; tongue dry and chippy.

4. Characterized by chipping; inclined to chip; chipped.

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1866 Fraser's Mag. Aug. 175/2 There is also a soft granite and a sandstone with modern shells, friable, chippy, and easy to wear.

1912 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 20 697 There is a marked contrast between the massive and castellated limestones of the Mississippian that constitute the upper part of the ridge and the chippy and shaly limestones of the Twin Creek formation.

1983 C. C. Greene Ask Anybody x. 60 There was this lady who went to a yard sale, saw this terrible old chippy china dish.

2017 Country Living (Nexis) July They immediately embraced everything..left behind—the warped and chippy wood, a treasure trove of furnishings in the attic, and a completely outfitted kitchen.

5. Of a sound, action, etc.: brisk, short, abrupt.

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1867 J. Beames Outl. Indian Philol. vi. 54 It is also important to observe the habitual style of pronunciation and accent; whether short, sharp, and chippy like Hindústání, or soft, mumbling, and drawling like Punjabi.

1903 Musical Times June 598/1 The rhythm was too square and chippy.

1909 Burlington Mag. May 132/1 The Green Bodice is painted directly, vivaciously, with a somewhat chippy touch—a handling eminently in harmony with the gentle sprightliness of the sitter.

2007 J. Montagu Origins & Devel. Musical Instruments i. 12/2 Their bars were tuned, as in Africa, by arching the undersides, producing a far better tone quality than the very chippy sound of our instruments up to the early twentieth century.

6. Slightly unwell, esp. with a hangover. Now rare.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > disordered or out of sorts

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1868 Owl 20 May 6/2 May 15.—Still feel chippy.

1899 A. Conan Doyle Duet 74 ‘I feel a little chippy to-day.’ ‘That's the worst of these cheap champagnes.’

1937 E. Garnett Family from One End St. iv. 81 You looks a bit chippy. Don't you be sick here.

1952 R. F. Snowden Sung in our Hearts x. 54 You look a bit chippy this morning, John... Didn't you have a good night?

a. Cross, irritable, grumpy. Also in later use: touchy and defensive, esp. on account of having a grievance.In later use widely associated with the phrase to have a chip on one's shoulder.

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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > irritable [adjective]

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c1885 F. M. Fetherston Adv. Yorks. Farmer 84 You look chippy and down in the mouth.

1941 Penguin New Writing 4 37 ‘Don't bother. Here are your gloves.’ ‘No need to be chippy, old fellow.’

1999 Guardian 3 July (Weekend) 18/3 He was chippy about his height, 5ft 1in, his relative poverty, his own self-ruination as a middle-class Catholic who got involved with the IRA.

2006 I. Rankin Naming of Dead xxi. 297 You both share the same chippy attitude—think you know better than anyone..think you are better than anyone.

b. Originally Canadian. Of a game: characterized by aggressive or rough play.In quot. 1965: of an illegal action in a game (cf. spearing n.¹ Additions 2a).

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1944 Evening Citizen (Ottawa) 20 Mar. 11/1 The match turned out to be a rough and chippy game of hockey in which 12 penalties were handed out along with a match-penalty to Coach Billy Reay, who punched Referee Garney Large after he was given a 10-minute misconduct halfway through the final frame.

1965 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 27 Dec. 22/1 Spearing is the sort of chippy crime Shack might commit.

1988 Ice Hockey News Rev. 19 Nov. 21/1 This game got increasingly chippy throughout and referee Bob Bramah called 27 minors, three double minors and one major.

2021 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 16 Mar. The game Monday at times was chippy, with several shoving matches.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

chippyadj.²

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪpi/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɪpi/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: chipper adj.

Etymology: Alteration of chipper adj. after -y suffix¹.

Originally North American.

Cheerful and lively; = chipper adj.

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively, vivacious, or animated

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pepful1915

jazzy1917

upbeat1947

zappy1969

sparkly1979

the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adjective]

jollyc1325

kedgec1440

fledge?1461

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mettle1606

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spirity1615

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vivacious1645

rattlingc1650

sportful1650

airy1654

animated1660

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mettlesome1673

sparklinga1704

raffing?1719

bob1721

vivace1721

alive1748

lifey1793

spunky1831

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chippy1865

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sparky1883

bubbly1912

jazzy1917

spritzy1973

sparkly1979

kicking1983

1865 Frank Leslie's Illustr. Newspaper 24 June 214/1 I think I be dreaming to see her so chippy and pretty now-a-days.

1950 C. Fry Venus Observed 13 You call me old But I am still A chippy young chap.

2005 J. Bakan Corporation 117 Chippy young Kia staff roamed the grounds giving away free stuff to kids.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

n.¹1856

n.²1881

adj.¹1614

adj.²1865

单词	chippy
释义	chippyn.¹ Brit. /ˈtʃɪpi/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪpi/ Forms: 1800s– chippie, 1800s– chippy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: chipping bird n., chip-bird n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < chip- (in chipping bird n. or chip-bird n.) + -y suffix¹; originally in chippy bird.With chippy sparrow compare chip sparrow n. Compare also earlier chip n.³ and later chip v.³ North American. Originally more fully chippy bird, chippy sparrow. The chipping sparrow, Spizella passerina. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Spizella > spizella passerina (chipping sparrow) chipping bird1791 chipping sparrow1810 chip-bird1824 chip sparrow1843 chippy1856 1856 New Jersey Farmer Sept. 4/1 Allow the robin, the blue-bird, the chippy bird, the cat bird, the black-bird, the woodpecker, the high hole, &c., the greatest liberty upon your farms and in your orchards. 1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 295 I obtained there also eight nests of the Redstart..and two of the Chippy (Spizella socialis). 1896 Auk 13 263 He spied a nest of Chippy Sparrows..with young ones. 1909 Missouri Bot. Garden 20th Ann. Rep. 62 Nowadays when we hear city people speak of a Chippy, we do not know whether the real Chippy is meant or the English House Sparrow. 1913 G. Stratton-Porter Laddie iii. 94 In the hollow of a rotten rail a little chippy bird always built a hair nest. 1958 Winnipeg Tribune 12 July 21/3 The chippy is not renowned as a songster, but its clear trill, lasting several seconds, is preferable to the monotonous ‘jib-job’ notes of the house sparrow. 2005 B. Thompson et al. Identify Yourself 331 When these birds aren't singing, however, it is possible that a birder might mistake a ‘chippy’ for another species. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). chippyn.² Brit. /ˈtʃɪpi/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪpi/ Forms: 1800s– chippy, 1900s– chippie. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: chip n.², -y suffix¹. Etymology: < chip n.² + -y suffix¹. The semantic motivation of sense 2 is unclear (perhaps some allusion to payment or method of payment), and it is possible that it shows a different word. A specific use of chippy n.¹ is possible (compare bird n. 13, chick n.¹ 3), as is development by conversion from chippy adj.² Perhaps compare cheap adj. Connection with French chipie, denoting a disagreeable woman, seems unlikely. 1. British slang (originally Navy). (A nickname for) a carpenter or other woodworker. Cf. chip n.² 7.In quot. 1925: a nickname for a person with the surname Carpenter. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > woodworker > [noun] > carpenter carpenterc1325 tree-workera1382 timberman1466 carpentaries1486 chip1784 caseworker1860 chippy1881 1881 Fraser's Mag. May 613 This unfortunate piece of carelessness would never have been overlooked if our invaluable ‘Chippy’ (the carpenter) had not been laid up with a severe attack of bronchitis. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 167 Nicknames..Chippy: for a man named Carpenter. 1930 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 680 Try & find me a chippy to run shelves..the full depth and height of the chimney-breast. 2008 M. Billingham In Dark (2009) v. 57 Oh yeah, never busier... Just had to take on a few more chippies, sparks, painters, whatever. 2. slang (originally U.S.). A promiscuous or disreputable young woman; a prostitute. Also more generally as a term of abuse or contempt for a girl or young woman. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman queanOE whorec1175 malkinc1275 wenchelc1300 ribalda1350 strumpeta1350 wench1362 filtha1375 parnelc1390 sinner14.. callet1415 slut?c1425 tickle-tailc1430 harlot?a1475 mignote1489 kittock?a1500 mulea1513 trulla1516 trully?1515 danta1529 miswoman1528 stewed whore1532 Tib1533 unchaghe1534 flag1535 Katy1535 jillet1541 yaud1545 housewife1546 trinkletc1550 whippet1550 Canace1551 filthy1553 Jezebel1558 kittyc1560 loonc1560 laced mutton1563 nymph1563 limmer1566 tomboy1566 Marian1567 mort1567 cockatrice1568 franion1571 blowze1573 rannell1573 rig1575 Kita1577 poplet1577 light-skirts1578 pucelle1578 harlotry1584 light o' lovea1586 driggle-draggle1588 wagtail1592 tub-tail1595 flirt-gill1597 minx1598 hilding1599 short-heels1599 bona-roba1600 flirt1600 Hiren1600 light-heels1602 roba1602 baggage1603 cousin1604 fricatrice1607 rumbelow1611 amorosa1615 jaya1616 open-taila1618 succubus1622 snaphancea1625 flap1631 buttered bun1638 puffkin1639 vizard1652 fallen woman1659 tomrigg1662 cunt1663 quaedama1670 jilt1672 crack1677 grass-girl1691 sporting girl1694 sportswoman1705 mobbed hood1707 brim1736 trollop1742 trub1746 demi-rep1749 gillyflower1757 lady of easy virtue1766 mot1773 chicken1782 gammerstang1788 buer1807 scarlet woman1816 blowen1819 fie-fie1820 shickster?1834 streel1842 charver1846 trolly1854 bad girl1855 amateur1862 anonyma1862 demi-virgin1864 pickup1871 chippy1885 wish-wife1886 tart1887 tartleta1890 flossy1893 fly girl1893 demi-mondaine1894 floozy1899 slattern1899 scrub1900 demi-vierge1908 cake1909 coozie1912 muff1914 tarty1918 yes-girl1920 radge1923 bike1945 puta1948 messer1951 cooze1955 jamette1965 skeezer1986 slutbag1987 chickenhead1988 ho1988 1885 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 11 Aug. 4/5 The ‘chippy’ often starts out as a kind of female hoodlum or gamin. 1921 Hot Dog Nov. 7 ‘Well if it isn't Old...’ said our friend, ‘who used to give the campus chippies the eloquent wink with me down at Okmulgee University.’ 1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 June 438/1 Opal and other ‘chippies’ at Moll's ‘sporting-house’. 1955 ‘W. Mole’ Hammersmith Maggot ii. 26 He was no timidly frenzied lover of some exorbitant chippy. 2003 Sunday News (Lancaster, Pa.) (Nexis) 13 July The guy tries to cover up an affair with a young chippy, and the whole country goes ballistic. 3. British colloquial. A shop selling fish and chips and (now usually) other takeaway food; = chip shop n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop selling provisions > prepared food to take away > chips or fish and chips potato shop1792 fried-fish warehouse1838 chip shop1892 fried-fish shop1898 chippy1961 chipper1970 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1036/1 Chippy, a fish-and-chips shop: Merseyside. 1965 Listener 3 June 827/1 In the industrial towns the housewife..found that time, labour, and money were saved by the chippie. 2015 T. Mehmood You're not Proper 171 I..found a five-pound note and went to the chippy to get some food. Compounds C1. U.S. As a modifier, forming nouns denoting a brothel or place where prostitutes work, as in chippyhouse, chippy joint, etc. ΚΠ 1895 Amer. Jrnl. Insanity Jan. 354 He overheard someone remark that ‘he had plenty of money, that his mother kept a chippy-house, and that he was a bastard’. 1929 T. Wolfe Look homeward, Angel (1930) xii. 254 Your place is getting the reputation of a regular chippyhouse. 1942 R. Haig-Brown Timber (1993) xiv. 197 Why in hell do we have to do this, go and break up a chippy joint and waste a whole evening? 1990 S. Morgan Homeboy ix. 63 A tenspot was his toll, more than twice the going rate, but the Troll's was hardly the regular chippy joint that got raided every week. C2. chippy chap n. British Navy slang now rare a shipwright or carpenter on a ship; (also) any member of a shipwright or carpenter's team. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > boat-builder or shipbuilder > [noun] > in specific trade or type of work clincher1495 ship-carpenter1495 clinger1538 clencher1559 clinker1656 converter1811 square-maker1850 ship smith1858 red leader1882 chippy chap1903 stager1927 1903 Daily Mail 28 May 4/5 ‘Chips’ is the carpenter, the warrant officer in charge of the staff, while ‘Chippy-chaps’ are the members. 1922 A. Cherry-Garrard Worst Journey in World (2004) I. iv. 95 Meanwhile the hut was rising very quickly, and Davies, who was Chippy Chap, the carpenter, deserves much credit. 1957 F. Shaw Under Red Ensign iii. 61 Give the chippy-chap something to do. chippy chaser n. U.S. a lecherous man; a womanizer; (also) a man who uses prostitutes. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > womanizing or associating with loose women > one who horlinga1200 holourc1230 whore-mana1325 putourc1390 putroura1425 whoremastera1425 whoremonger?a1472 putyer1477 whoredomerc1485 holarda1500 whore-keeper1530 mutton-monger1532 smell-smock?1545 stallion1553 woman-louper1568 limb-lifter1579 Lusty Laurence1582 punker1582 wencher1593 womanist1608 belly-bumper1611 sheep-biter1611 stringer1613 fleshmongera1616 hunt-smock1624 whorer1624 womanizer1626 woman errant1628 mongera1637 linen-lifter1652 whorster1654 whorehopper1664 cousin1694 smocker1708 mutton-master1729 woman dangler1850 masher1872 chippy chaser1887 chaser1894 stud1895 molrower1896 skirt-chaser1942 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun] > lascivious or lustful person > lecher lecherc1175 lechererc1380 router1531 twigger1573 luxur1604 bitch-hunter1611 whorehopper1664 swinge-bow1675 tomcat1884 chippy chaser1887 alley cat1911 lech1943 stoata1960 shark1981 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > frequenting prostitutes > one who whore hunter?1506 strumpetier1633 drabbera1640 chippy chaser1887 mush1972 1887 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 19 Apr. 6/4 A slang term that has particular significance is ‘a chippy chaser’. This is applied to the persecutors of honorable working girls. They stand upon the street corners until some pretty girls pass by, and then follow them block after block, talking in a loud voice and otherwise annoying them. 1918 Calif. Law Rev. 6 108 As a young man he had the reputation of being a ‘rounder’ and ‘chippy chaser’. 1962 P. Crump Burn, Killer, Burn! ix. 73 That rotten, whore-hopping baboon... that chippie-chaser! 1969 Films in Rev. June 380/2 David Janseen plays the father, a ruthless chippy-chaser and one-third owner of Caesar's Palace. 2020 @PRAYING4MUELLER 2 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 2 June 2021) Get back u chippie chaser! Don't touch me! chippy rigger n. Air Force slang now historical a carpenter who assembles and adjusts the rigging of aircraft, ensuring that the airframe is in correct condition for flying; = rigger n.¹ 1b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > construction and servicing aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > assembling or adjusting parts > one who rigger1912 chippy rigger1932 1932 Aeroplane 11 May 867/1 (advt.) Widely experienced and very keen G. E... All-round maintenance and ‘Chippy’ Rigger. 1967 L. Wright Wooden Sword xiii. 204 I had to have help, and a chippy-rigger was reluctantly allowed in to work while the model was veiled in paper. 1997 H. Onderwater Gentlemen in Blue (e-book ed.) i. The chippy rigger NCO, Cpl. Durbridge, had a few not very kind words to say of the crew. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). chippyadj.¹ Brit. /ˈtʃɪpi/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪpi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: chip n.², chip v.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: Partly < chip n.² + -y suffix¹, and partly < chip v.¹ + -y suffix¹. †1. Made of or resembling woodchips. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1614 D. Dyke Myst. Selfe-deceiuing 146 Euen a great deale of fire falling vpon hard and solide substances would not once kindle, and a little sparkle in drie chippie combustible matter hath quickly burnt vp all. 1729 R. Savage Wanderer i. 17 Here my chill'd veins are warm'd by chippy fires. 2. Of food: extremely dry; flaky or crumbly as a result of dryness. Also figurative: dull, uninteresting. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > very bone?a1300 for-drya1386 bone-dryc1480 siticulous1620 chippy1850 powder-dry1934 straw-dry1951 1850 Househ. Words 20 July 394/1 The potatoes were gone, and the yellow meal was dear and dry and chippy—it hadn't the nature about it that a hot potato has for a poor man. 1866 Sat. Rev. 31 Mar. 375 A few..have passed a dry, chippy, verseless youth. 1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leics. 386 Chippy and parched. 1945 M. L. Vissing Sawdust xviii. 109 Luise kept close watch on the chicken in the pan for fear it might become dry and chippy. †3. Cracked, fissured, chapped. Cf. chappy adj.¹ Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > chapped or cracked chipped1495 chappeda1500 chopped1549 hummelled1597 hummel1601 chapping1610 seamy1776 hacked1788 chappy1833 chippy1851 kinned1855 soda-chapped1922 1851 E. K. Kane Jrnl. 11 Feb. in U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1853) xxxiv. 301 Eyes, nose, and mouth chippy with lampblack and undue evaporation. 1868 Med. Times & Gaz. 25 Apr. 456/2 The interior of the mouth was very white; tongue dry and chippy. 4. Characterized by chipping; inclined to chip; chipped. ΚΠ 1866 Fraser's Mag. Aug. 175/2 There is also a soft granite and a sandstone with modern shells, friable, chippy, and easy to wear. 1912 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 20 697 There is a marked contrast between the massive and castellated limestones of the Mississippian that constitute the upper part of the ridge and the chippy and shaly limestones of the Twin Creek formation. 1983 C. C. Greene Ask Anybody x. 60 There was this lady who went to a yard sale, saw this terrible old chippy china dish. 2017 Country Living (Nexis) July They immediately embraced everything..left behind—the warped and chippy wood, a treasure trove of furnishings in the attic, and a completely outfitted kitchen. 5. Of a sound, action, etc.: brisk, short, abrupt. ΚΠ 1867 J. Beames Outl. Indian Philol. vi. 54 It is also important to observe the habitual style of pronunciation and accent; whether short, sharp, and chippy like Hindústání, or soft, mumbling, and drawling like Punjabi. 1903 Musical Times June 598/1 The rhythm was too square and chippy. 1909 Burlington Mag. May 132/1 The Green Bodice is painted directly, vivaciously, with a somewhat chippy touch—a handling eminently in harmony with the gentle sprightliness of the sitter. 2007 J. Montagu Origins & Devel. Musical Instruments i. 12/2 Their bars were tuned, as in Africa, by arching the undersides, producing a far better tone quality than the very chippy sound of our instruments up to the early twentieth century. 6. Slightly unwell, esp. with a hangover. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > disordered or out of sorts out of estatec1400 disordainedc1430 out of order1530 mistempered?1541 untemperate1541 so-soa1592 indisposed1598 discomposed1603 out of sorts1621 disorderly1655 queerish1684 out of one's gears1699 disordered1708 uneasy1725 seedy1729 queer1749 scaly1803 quisby1807 under the weather1827 all nohow1852 toneless1854 nohowish1867 chippy1868 fishy1868 off-colour1876 dicky1883 on-and-offish1888 cheap1891 crook1916 lousy1933 1868 Owl 20 May 6/2 May 15.—Still feel chippy. 1899 A. Conan Doyle Duet 74 ‘I feel a little chippy to-day.’ ‘That's the worst of these cheap champagnes.’ 1937 E. Garnett Family from One End St. iv. 81 You looks a bit chippy. Don't you be sick here. 1952 R. F. Snowden Sung in our Hearts x. 54 You look a bit chippy this morning, John... Didn't you have a good night? 7. a. Cross, irritable, grumpy. Also in later use: touchy and defensive, esp. on account of having a grievance.In later use widely associated with the phrase to have a chip on one's shoulder. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > irritable [adjective] sharpc1000 impatient1377 out-sharpinga1382 teethya1500 fumish1523 testy1526 crabbed1535 tettish1567 peevish1577 kickish1589 splenetic1593 spleenful1594 tetchy1596 wasp-stung1598 touchy1602 spleeny1604 pruriginous1609 teety1621 splenitive1633 peltish1648 irritable1662 splenatic1663 splenetive1678 unheer1691 rusty1694 nettlesome1766 stingy1781 snarly1798 tutty1809 spleenical1818 rileya1824 nettly1825 edgy1837 porcupinal1846 shirty1846 raspish1854 peckish1857 streaky1860 owly1864 teasy1866 fussy1869 raspy1869 spiky1881 chippyc1885 tetchous1890 narky1895 snarky1906 ringy1907 snarkish1912 Scot1916 crooked1945 niggly1952 snooty1959 kvetchy1965 to be on the rag1967 sandpaper1976 gribble1984 splenous- c1885 F. M. Fetherston Adv. Yorks. Farmer 84 You look chippy and down in the mouth. 1941 Penguin New Writing 4 37 ‘Don't bother. Here are your gloves.’ ‘No need to be chippy, old fellow.’ 1999 Guardian 3 July (Weekend) 18/3 He was chippy about his height, 5ft 1in, his relative poverty, his own self-ruination as a middle-class Catholic who got involved with the IRA. 2006 I. Rankin Naming of Dead xxi. 297 You both share the same chippy attitude—think you know better than anyone..think you are better than anyone. b. Originally Canadian. Of a game: characterized by aggressive or rough play.In quot. 1965: of an illegal action in a game (cf. spearing n.¹ Additions 2a). ΚΠ 1944 Evening Citizen (Ottawa) 20 Mar. 11/1 The match turned out to be a rough and chippy game of hockey in which 12 penalties were handed out along with a match-penalty to Coach Billy Reay, who punched Referee Garney Large after he was given a 10-minute misconduct halfway through the final frame. 1965 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 27 Dec. 22/1 Spearing is the sort of chippy crime Shack might commit. 1988 Ice Hockey News Rev. 19 Nov. 21/1 This game got increasingly chippy throughout and referee Bob Bramah called 27 minors, three double minors and one major. 2021 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 16 Mar. The game Monday at times was chippy, with several shoving matches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). chippyadj.² Brit. /ˈtʃɪpi/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪpi/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: chipper adj. Etymology: Alteration of chipper adj. after -y suffix¹. Originally North American. Cheerful and lively; = chipper adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively, vivacious, or animated jollyc1325 lightsomea1382 kedgec1440 fledge?1461 crank1499 frisky?a1500 sprightya1522 frisk1528 sprightful1550 quick-spirited1552 cranking1567 lively1567 quick-sprighted1579 aleger1590 bright-eyed1590 firking1594 sprightly1594 spirituous1601 great-stomached1607 spirity1615 spiritous1628 lifesomec1635 vivacious1645 rattlingc1650 quick-set1653 airy1654 animated1660 sparklinga1704 bob1721 vivace1721 animate1801 high-lifed1859 sassy1859 chippy1865 sparky1883 high-keyed1893 high life1903 peppy1914 pepful1915 jazzy1917 upbeat1947 zappy1969 sparkly1979 the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adjective] jollyc1325 kedgec1440 fledge?1461 frisky?a1500 sprightya1522 frisk1528 sprightful1550 quick-spirited1552 lively1567 quick-sprighted1579 alive-like1582 aleger1590 firking1594 sprightly1594 sportive1595 mettled1599 alives-like1601 spirited1601 spirituous1601 mettle1606 great-stomached1607 free-spirited1613 spirity1615 spiritous1628 vivacious1645 rattlingc1650 sportful1650 airy1654 animated1660 racy1671 mettlesome1673 sparklinga1704 raffing?1719 bob1721 vivace1721 alive1748 lifey1793 spunky1831 gilpie1835 bubbling1860 chippy1865 bubblesome1879 colourful1882 sparky1883 bubbly1912 jazzy1917 spritzy1973 sparkly1979 kicking1983 1865 Frank Leslie's Illustr. Newspaper 24 June 214/1 I think I be dreaming to see her so chippy and pretty now-a-days. 1950 C. Fry Venus Observed 13 You call me old But I am still A chippy young chap. 2005 J. Bakan Corporation 117 Chippy young Kia staff roamed the grounds giving away free stuff to kids. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.¹1856n.²1881adj.¹1614adj.²1865
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