chappy

1. (of skin, rare, perhaps archaic) Chapped, dry.Examples: "The application was followed at once by terrible pain in the wound; furthermore, there appeared a dry and chappy tongue, intolerable thirst, colics, cramplike contractions of the legs and back, and a weak and irregular pulse."rare

1. (colloquial) Clipping of Chappaquiddick Island: an island of Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, east of Martha's Vineyard.Examples: "But reality is change, so new houses and people were appearing on Chappy as on the rest of the Vineyard, and they would continue to appear; the old days were gone with the wind, like the antebellum South."; "A more recent second breach has created an additional tiny island between the Vineyard and Chappy, further separating us and increasing the tenderness of the southern shore."; "Because it's the only method of transportation between the two islands and a surprising number of people live on Chappy year-round, the ferry runs daily."abbreviationalt-ofclippingcolloquial