Whippier vs Chippier - What's the difference?
whippier | chippier |
(whippy)
Whiplike; thin and pliant.
(chippy)
(British) A fish-and-chip shop.
* 2008 , Patrick Naughton, Whistle Wood, Land of the Fathers ,
* 2009 , John Wise, Sweet Dreams ,
(British, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A carpenter.
(Australia, slang) The youngest member of a team or group, normally someone whose voice has not yet deepened, talking like a chipmunk.
(New Zealand) A potato chip.
(US, slang) A prostitute or promiscuous woman.
* 2004 , William Lashner, Fatal Flaw ,
* 2008 , Nicholas L. Syrett, The Company He Keeps: A History of White College Fraternities ,
(demoscene, informal) A chiptune.
(US) A chipping sparrow.
* 1902 , Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock, The Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire magazine devoted to history, biography, literature, and state progress , Volume 32,
* 1908 , Alice Lounsberry, The Garden Book for Young People ,
* 1939 , Anna Botsford Comstock, Handbook of Nature Study ,
(Canada, UK) Ill-tempered, disagreeable.
(Canada, sports) Involving violence or unfair play.
* 2007 , Canadian Interuniversity Sport, cisport.ca,
(of wood) Tending to form chips when cut, rather than larger, more usable pieces of wood.
As adjectives the difference between whippier and chippier
is that whippier is comparative of whippy while chippier is comparative of chippy.whippier
English
Adjective
(head)whippy
English
Adjective
(er)- The tree's whippy branches grazed his face.
chippier
English
Adjective
(head)chippy
English
Alternative forms
* chippieNoun
(chippies)page 33,
- Huge queues form outside the Chippy , often stretching back to the Coop and beyond.
page 308,
- Albert was flabbergasted. Yer really buyin? a chippy ?”
- Tom smiled whilst nodding his head. “That?s me plan.”
page 280,
- I give the pictures of the wife and the lawn boy to the husband. I give the pictures of the husband and the chippy to the wife.
page 176,
- Canby hints that, even with chippies', sexual intercourse was rare; even putting aside his complete lack of regard for the '''chippy''' as an actual human being, however, this passage makes clear that whatever did occur with these ' chippies may not have been as consensual as he presumed.72
page 385,
- In due time a nest-full of little chippies appear to be nourished with insectiverous(sic) food from a parental beak until fledged and able to look after themselves.
page 139,
- Surely no young chippy was ever so stout and so emphatic as this bird.
- The funny part of it all is that the starling appears to make the chippies do whatever it pleases.
page 88,
- How early in the season does the chippy appear and where does it spend the winter?
Derived terms
* chippy-chaser, chippy jointSynonyms
* (fish-and-chips shop) chipperAdjective
(er)- The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns and University of Saskatchewan Huskies battled to a 1-1 draw in a chippy Canada West men’s soccer affair that saw the teams combine for 33 fouls and five yellow cards.