chippy

C2+ Topic:Shopping & Services

US /ˈtʃɪpi/ UK /ˈtʃɪpi/ See IPA manual

adj noun

Meanings

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adj
irritable and quarrelsome; or a British fish-and-chip shop

He got chippy whenever anyone questioned his decisions.

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Synonyms

1 adj · irritable and quarrelsome;... irritable touchy prickly quarrelsome testy tetchy

Opposites

genial placid good-natured easygoing

Word family

Related forms chip

Etymology

From chip + -y, in the adjective sense of having a 'chip on one's shoulder'; the noun (British fish-and-chip shop) is from chips + -y.

chip Middle English

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# chippy

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** ˈtʃɪpi
**IPA (UK):** ˈtʃɪpi

## Meanings
1. irritable and quarrelsome; or a British fish-and-chip shop

## Examples
- He got chippy whenever anyone questioned his decisions.

## Synonyms
- irritable
- touchy
- prickly
- quarrelsome
- testy
- tetchy

## Antonyms
- genial
- placid
- good-natured
- easygoing

## Related Forms
- chip

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: chip

## Etymology
From chip + -y, in the adjective sense of having a 'chip on one's shoulder'; the noun (British fish-and-chip shop) is from chips + -y.

## AI Etymology
Chippy is from chip + -y, in the adjective sense of having a 'chip on one's shoulder'; the noun (British fish-and-chip shop) is from chips + -y. Important recorded forms include chip (Middle English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers irritable and quarrelsome; or a British fish-and-chip shop. The wider family includes related words such as chip.

## Topics
- Shopping & Services
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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