Chippy vs. Carpenter

A chipping sparrow.

A skilled worker who makes, finishes, and repairs wooden objects and structures.

(Slang) A woman prostitute.

To make, finish, or repair (wooden structures).

(Slang) Inclined to fight; belligerent.

To work as a carpenter.

A carpenter.

A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.

A prostitute or promiscuous woman.

(nautical) A senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a warrant officer responsible for the hull, masts, spars and boats of a ship, and whose responsibility was to sound the well to see if the ship was making water.

A fish-and-chip shop.

A two-wheeled carriage.

The youngest member of a team or group, normally someone whose voice has not yet deepened, talking like a chipmunk.

(zoology) A carpenter bee.

(New Zealand) A potato chip.

A woodlouse.

A chiptune.

To work as a carpenter, cutting and joining timber.

(US) A chipping sparrow.

An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc.

(slang) An occasional drug habit, less than addiction.

A woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects

Ill-tempered, disagreeable.

Work as a carpenter

Involving violence or unfair play.

(of wood) Tending to form chips when cut, rather than larger, more usable pieces of wood.

(dated) As dry as a chip of wood.

(archaic) Feeling sick from drinking alcohol; hung over.

(slang) To take drugs (especially heroin) on an occasional basis, rather than as an addict.

Abounding in, or resembling, chips; dry and tasteless.

A small American sparrow (Spizella socialis), very common near dwelling; - also called chipping bird and chipping sparrow, from its simple note.