chappy

See also: Chappy

English

Etymology

From chap +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæpi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æpi
• Hyphenation: chap‧py

Noun

chappy (plural chappies)

1. (British, informal) A chap; a fellow.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:man

Derived terms

• happy chappy

Adjective

chappy (comparative more chappy, superlative most chappy)

1. Full of chaps; cleft; gaping; open.
2. (of skin, rare, perhaps archaic) Chapped, dry.
   • 1939, National Health Review‎, volumes 7–9, page 220:

     The application was followed at once by terrible pain in the wound; furthermore, there appeared a dry and chappy tongue, intolerable thirst, colics, cramplike contractions of the legs and back, and a weak and irregular pulse.

References

• “chappy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English chappen (“to chop”) + Irish -aí (“verbal noun suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃapiː/

Noun

chappy

1. Food for small children, consisting of roast potatoes, mashed, with butter and milk added.

References

• Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990), “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎, volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 155