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   Chip·py

   /ˈCHipē/

   

   noun

   • 1. a fish-and-chip shop: "there used to be a good chippy down the back of Albert Street"
   • 2. a carpenter.

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) touchy and defensive, especially on account of having a grievance or a sense of inferiority: informal "I thought she was hostile and chippy"
   • ▪ (of an ice hockey game or player) rough and belligerent, with or incurring numerous penalties: informal "a chippy game"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: from chip + -y2, -y1; chippy1 (adjective) is from the phrase a chip on one's shoulder.

   Derivatives

   • 1. chippiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 18

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