Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
CHIPPY
Etymology
Noun
chippy (plural chippies)
(British, slang) A fish-and-chip shop.
Synonym: chipper
(British, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A carpenter.
(Australia, slang) The youngest member of a team or group, normally someone whose voice has not yet deepened, talking like a chipmunk.
(New Zealand) A potato chip.
(US, slang) A prostitute or promiscuous woman.
(demoscene, informal) A chiptune.
(US) A chipping sparrow.
Adjective
chippy (comparative chippier, superlative chippiest)
(Canada, UK) Ill-tempered, disagreeable.
(Canada, sports) 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.
Verb
chippy (third-person singular simple present chippies, present participle chippying, simple past and past participle chippied)
(slang) To take drugs (especially heroin) on an occasional basis, rather than as an addict. [from 20th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Chip"py, a.
Definition: Abounding in, or resembling, chips; dry and tasteless.
Chip"py, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A small American sparrow (Spizella socialis), very common near dwelling; -- also called chipping bird and chipping sparrow, from its simple note.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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