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1 chippy
adj otkrhnut, škrbast; suhoparan, dosadan;[sl] mamuran (nakon pića), razdražljiv -
2 chippy
s [US][sl] prostitutka, flojsa -
3 sea
s more, ocean; val; [fig] sila, mnoštvo, veliko prostranstvo / on the # = na moru, na morskoj obali; to go to # = postti pomorac; to follow the # = biti pomorac; to put to # = krenuti na more (napustiti luku ili kopno); [fig] at # = na debelom moru; [fig] all at # = zbunjen, smeten, u nedoumici; between devil and deep # = između dva zla, između čekića i nakovnja; there's as good fish in the # as ever come out of it = ne postoji opasnost da će doći do nestašice; when the # gives up its dead = na Sudnji dan; beyond (over) #(s) = preko mora; the high # = otvoreno more, more izvan teritorijalnih voda; the seven #s = sedam mora, Arktički, Antarktički, sjeverni i južni Pacifički, sjeverni i južni Atlantski i Indijski ocean; the four #s = mora oko V. Britanije; longountains high = valovi visoki kao brdo; long # = dugi pravilni valovi; short # = kratki nepravilni valovi; half #s over = pijan kao zemlja; [fig] #s of blood = more krvi; chippy # = namreškano more; by # and land = kopnom i morem* * *
bedem
brana
mnoštvo
more
morski
morski val
nasip
ocean
pomorski
velika koliÄina
См. также в других словарях:
Chippy — may refer to: A shop serving the traditional British dish Fish and chips A slang term for a carpenter Chippy (album), an album of songs from a play of the same name Mrs. Chippy, a cat who accompanied Sir Ernest Shackleton s Imperial Trans… … Wikipedia
Chippy — Chip py, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A small American sparrow ({Spizella socialis}), very common near dwelling; also called {chipping bird} and {chipping sparrow}, from its simple note. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chippy — Chip py, a. Abounding in, or resembling, chips; dry and tasteless. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chippy — promiscuous young woman; prostitute, 1880, U.S. slang, earlier (1864) short for chipping bird sparrow, perhaps ultimately a variant of cheep … Etymology dictionary
chippy — informal ► NOUN (also chippie) (pl. chippies) 1) Brit. a fish and chip shop. 2) Brit. a carpenter. 3) N. Amer. a prostitute. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ touchy and irritable … English terms dictionary
chippy — ☆ chippy or chippie [chip′ē ] n. pl. chippies 1. CHIPPING SPARROW 2. a chipmunk 3. Slang a) a promiscuous young woman b) a prostitute … English World dictionary
chippy — adj aggressive and hypersensitive, irritat ingly resentful. The word is based on either the 19th century chip in , meaning to interfere, or the later notion of having a chip on one s shoulder . ► He s chippy. I find that small people are often… … Contemporary slang
chippy — adjective (chippier; est) Etymology: chip on one s shoulder Date: 1898 aggressively belligerent < a chippy hockey player >; also marked by much fighting < a chippy game > … New Collegiate Dictionary
chippy — chippy1 /chip ee/, n., pl. chippies. 1. Also, chippie. Slang. a. a promiscuous woman. b. a prostitute. 2. See chipping sparrow. [1860 65, Amer.; CHIPP(ING SPARROW) … Universalium
chippy — [[t]tʃɪ̱pi[/t]] chippies also chippie N COUNT A chippy is the same as a chip shop. [BRIT, INFORMAL] For years he s visited the chippy at least once a week … English dictionary
chippy — 1. American a prostitute Usually at the lower end of the profession, from chip, a bit or piece1: He pays some chippie fifty to gobble his pork. (Diehl, 1978) A chippie joint is a brothel. 2. American to ingest illegal… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
