noun, plural chip·pies.
- Also chip·pie. Slang.
- a promiscuous woman.
- a prostitute.
- chipping sparrow.
noun plural -pies
- British informal a fish-and-chip shop
- British and NZ a slang word for carpenter
- NZ a potato crisp
adjective -pier or -piest
- informal resentful or oversensitive about being perceived as inferiora chippy miner’s son
noun plural -pies
- an informal name for chipmunk, chipping sparrow
noun plural -pies
- informal, mainly US and Canadian a promiscuous woman
adjective -pier or -piest
- belligerent or touchy
“promiscuous young woman; prostitute,” 1880, U.S. slang, earlier (1864) short for chipping-bird “sparrow,” perhaps ultimately a variant of cheep.