chippy

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adjective

chip·​py ˈchi-pē 

chippier; chippiest

: aggressively belligerent

a chippy hockey player

also : marked by much fighting

a chippy game

chippy

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noun

chip·​py

variant spelling of chippie

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

Adjective

• aggressive
• agonistic
• argumentative
• assaultive
• bellicose
• belligerent
• brawly
• combative
• confrontational
• contentious
• discordant
• disputatious
• feisty
• gladiatorial
• militant
• pugnacious
• quarrelsome
• scrappy
• truculent
• warlike

Examples of chippy in a Sentence

Adjective

a chippy, defensive fellow whose alma mater was the school of hard knocks

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Dougherty Valley outshot De La Salle 10-6 in a chippy game that saw six yellow cards handed out. —Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025

While things had been chippy between the two hockey superpowers long before Team Canada beat their neighbors to the south in the gold-medal round of the 2010 Winter Olympics, recent spasms of political weirdness have helped turn the animosity up a notch. —Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Feb. 2025

Noun

The contest got a little chippy in the second half, with Livingstone being called for two intentional fouls. —Shaela Foster, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2025

Wade suited up next to Butler on a chippy if ill-fitting, Chicago squad. —Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

chip on one's shoulder

First Known Use

Adjective

1944, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for chippy

• hippie
• hippy
• tippy