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chip|munk /tʃ I pmʌŋk/ (chipmunks ) N‑COUNT A chipmunk is a small animal with a large furry tail and a striped back.

Chippendale /tʃ I pənde I l/ ADJ [ADJ n] Chippendale is a style of furniture from the eighteenth century. □  …a pair of Chippendale chairs.

chip|per /tʃ I pə ^r / ADJ Chipper means cheerful and lively. [OLD-FASHIONED ]

chip|pings /tʃ I p I ŋz/ N‑PLURAL [usu n N ] Wood chippings or stone chippings are small pieces of wood or stone which are used, for example, to cover surfaces such as paths or roads.

chip|py /tʃ I pi/ (chippies ) also chippie N‑COUNT A chippy is the same as a chip shop . [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □  I go to the chippy at least once a week.

chi p shop (chip shops ) N‑COUNT A chip shop is a shop which sells hot food such as fish and chips, fried chicken, sausages, and meat pies. The food is cooked in the shop and people take it away to eat at home or in the street. [BRIT ]

chi|ropo|dist /k I rɒ pəd I st/ (chiropodists ) N‑COUNT A chiropodist is a person whose job is to treat and care for people's feet.

chi|ropo|dy /k I rɒ pədi/ N‑UNCOUNT Chiropody is the professional treatment and care of people's feet.

chi|ro|prac|tic /ka I ə rəprækt I k/ N‑UNCOUNT Chiropractic is the treatment of injuries by pressing and moving people's joints, especially the spine.

chi|ro|prac|tor /ka I ə rəpræktə ^r / (chiropractors ) N‑COUNT A chiropractor is a person who treats injuries by chiropractic.

chirp /tʃɜː ^r p/ (chirps , chirping , chirped ) VERB When a bird or an insect such as a cricket or grasshopper chirps , it makes short high-pitched sounds. □ [V ] The crickets chirped faster and louder. ● N‑COUNT Chirp is also a noun. □ [+ of ] The chirps of the small garden birds sounded distant. ●  chirp|ing N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ of ] …the chirping of birds.

chirpy /tʃɜː ^r pi/ (chirpier , chirpiest ) ADJ If you describe a person or their behaviour as chirpy , you mean they are very cheerful and lively. [INFORMAL ] □  Hutson is a small, chirpy bloke. □  She sounded quite chirpy; all she needs is rest.

chir|rup /tʃ I rəp, [AM ] tʃɜː rəp/ (chirrups , chirruping , chirruped ) VERB If a person or bird chirrups , they make short high-pitched sounds. □ [V with quote] 'My gosh,' she chirruped. □ [V ] I woke up to the sound of larks chirruping. [Also V n]

chis|el /tʃ I z ^ə l/ (chisels , chiselling , chiselled ) in AM, use chiseling , chiseled 1 N‑COUNT A chisel is a tool that has a long metal blade with a sharp edge at the end. It is used for cutting and shaping wood and stone.

2 VERB If you chisel wood or stone, you cut and shape it using a chisel. □ [V n] They sit and chisel the stone to size.

chis|elled /tʃ I z ^ə ld/ in AM, use chiseled ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you say that someone, usually a man, has chiselled features, you mean that their face has a strong, clear bone structure. □  Women find his chiselled features irresistible. □  …a chiselled jaw.

chit /tʃ I t/ (chits ) N‑COUNT A chit is a short official note, such as a receipt, an order, or a memo, usually signed by someone in authority. [BRIT , also AM , MILITARY ] □  Schrader initialled the chit for the barman.

chi t-chat also chitchat N‑UNCOUNT Chit-chat is informal talk about things that are not very important. □  Not being a mother, I found the chit-chat exceedingly dull.

chiv|al|ric /ʃ I væ lr I k/ ADJ [ADJ n] Chivalric means relating to or connected with the system of chivalry that was believed in and followed by medieval knights. □  …chivalric ideals.

chiv|al|rous /ʃ I vəlrəs/ ADJ A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women. [APPROVAL ] □  He was handsome, upright and chivalrous.

chiv|al|ry /ʃ I vəlri/

1 N‑UNCOUNT Chivalry is polite, kind, and unselfish behaviour, especially by men towards women. □  Marie seemed to revel in his old-fashioned chivalry.