Meaning & use
chippy shop
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Meaning
nouncountableBritishinformal
A shop in Britain where you can buy fish and chips, and sometimes other fried food, to eat there or take away.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a chippy shop' or 'two chippy shops'.
Patterns
- go to the chippy shop
- a local chippy shop
Let's get dinner from the chippy shop on the corner.
The chippy shop near the station is always busy on Friday nights.
She works at a chippy shop, frying fish and serving customers.
Word forms
| plural | chippy shops |
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Common combinations
- local chippy shop
- The local chippy shop has been there for fifty years.
- go to the chippy shop
- We went to the chippy shop after the match.
- chippy shop owner
- The chippy shop owner knows all his regular customers.
- chippy shop meal
- A chippy shop meal is a treat for us.
Synonyms and how they differ
- fish and chip shop
- This is the standard, non-informal term; 'chippy shop' is more casual and regional.
- chippy
- A shorter informal word for the same place, used especially in northern England.
Commonly confused: chippy shop or chip shop?
chippy shop vs chip shop
This is another common British term for the same place, but it can also mean a shop that sells computer chips or potato chips in other contexts.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'chippy shop' correctly?
Choose one answer.
A chippy shop sells fish and chips, so 'fish and chips from the chippy shop' fits. The other options describe places that sell phones, vegetables, or offer dental work, which are not typical for a chippy shop.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “chippy shop”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.