chippie

noun

chip·​pie ˈchi-pē 

variants or chippy

plural chippies

1

usually chippie slang, disapproving

a

: a woman who has multiple sexual partners : a woman who is sexually promiscuous

b

: a woman who engages in sex acts and especially sexual intercourse in exchange for pay : a woman who is a sex worker

2

usually chippy British, informal : chip shop

Occasionally on a Friday lunchtime I'll treat myself to a plate of fish and chips from the local chippy.

—Peter Collins

Synonyms

• doxy
• doxie
• fancy woman
• floozy
• floozie
• hoochie [slang]
• hussy
• Jezebel
• minx
• quean
• tramp
• trollop
• wench [archaic]

Examples of chippie in a Sentence

detectives wanted to talk to the chippies who were regulars at the bar—to learn if they had seen anything

Recent Examples on the Web

Alex Macleod Not your average chippie—this Aberdeenshire restaurant is elevating Ballater's food scene. —Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Mar. 2024

LeVert rushed a late-clock chippie. —Chris Fedor, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2022

Soon after her mom died, her dad remarried a much younger chippie. —Absurdity, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2022

Perhaps all those men who wrote the books and plays about the hooker with a heart of gold, or the chippie who fell in love with a nice American serviceman and was saved, were really writing about their own need to subdue women. —Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer, 8 Sep. 2017

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1a