chippy

Meanings

Noun

• A fish-and-chip shop.
• A carpenter.
• The youngest member of a team or group, normally someone whose voice has not yet deepened, talking like a chipmunk.
• A potato chip.
• A prostitute or promiscuous woman.
• A chiptune.
• A chipping sparrow.
• An occasional drug habit, less than addiction.

Adjective

• Ill-tempered, disagreeable.
• Involving violence or unfair play.
• Tending to form chips when cut, rather than larger, more usable pieces of wood.
• As dry as a chip of wood.
• Feeling sick from drinking alcohol; hung over.

Verb

• To take drugs (especially heroin) on an occasional basis, rather than as an addict.

Origin

• From chip + -y.