chappie

chap·pie

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [chap-ee]
- /ˈtʃæp i/
- /ˈtʃæp.i/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [chap-ee]
- /ˈtʃæp i/

Definitions of chappie word

noun plural chappie chap2 (def 1). 1
noun chappie Also called James the Great. one of the 12 apostles, the son of Zebedee and brother of the apostle John. Matt. 4:21. 1
noun chappie the person identified in Gal. 1:19 as a brother of Jesus: probably the author of the Epistle of St. James. 1
noun chappie Also called James the Less. ("James the son of Alphaeus") one of the 12 apostles. Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15. 1
noun chappie Alice, 1848–92, U.S. diarist, sister of Henry and William James. 1
noun chappie C(yril) L(ionel) R(obert) 1901–89, Trinidadian author, historian, and political activist. 1

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Origin of chappie

First appearance:

before 1815

One of the 39% newest English words

First recorded in 1815-25; chap2 + -ie

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Parts of speech for Chappie

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Chappie

chappie popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

chappie usage trend in Literature

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