• Chip

    Pronunciation

    • enPR: chÄ­p, IPA: /tʃɪp/
    • Rhymes: -ɪp

    Origin

    Middle English chip from Old English ċipp "log, beam, small piece of wood" from Proto-Germanic *kip(p)az ("log, beam"). Akin to Old Saxon kip "post", Old High German kipfa, chipfa "axle, stave", Old Norse keppr "cudgel, club". Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian cifël ("chip, splinter").

    Full definition of chip

    Noun

    chip

    (plural chips)
    1. A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
    2. A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.This cup has a chip in it.
    3. (games, gambling) A token used in place of cash.
    4. (electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.
    5. (electronics) A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices.
    6. (UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand) A fried strip of potato of square or rectangular cross-section; a french fry.Do you want sauce or mayonnaise on your chips?
    7. (US, NZ) A crisp, fried, thin slice of vegetable, usually potato.potato chip, tortilla chip
    8. (sports) A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.
      • 2011, September 28, Tom Rostance, Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos, Oxlade-Chamberlain saw his attempted chip well blocked by goalkeeper Costanzo at the start of the second half.
    9. (curling) A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.
    10. A dried piece of dung used as fuel.
    11. (New Zealand, northern) A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.
    12. (gastronomy) A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.chocolate chip
    13. A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.
    14. (nautical) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
    15. (historical) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
    16. (archaic, derogatory) Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.

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    Verb

    1. (transitive) To break into small pieces.The workers chipped the dead branches into mulch.
    2. (transitive) To break small pieces from.Be careful not to chip the paint.
    3. (transitive, golf) To play a shot hitting the ball predominately upwards rather than forwards.
    4. (transitive, automotive) to upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
    5. (intransitive) To become chipped.This varnish chips easily.
    6. (intransitive, card games, often with "in") To ante (up).
    7. (transitive, informal) To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
    8. (UK, transitive, often with "in") to contribute.Everyone needs to chip in £1 for George's leaving collection

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