chip

chip ¹  (chp)

n.

1. A small broken or cut off piece, as of wood, stone, or glass.

2. A crack or flaw caused by the removal of a small piece.

3.

a. A small disk or counter used in poker and other games to represent money.

b. chips Slang Money.

4.

a. Electronics A minute slice of a semiconducting material, such as silicon or germanium, doped and otherwise processed to have specified electrical characteristics, especially before it is developed into an electronic component or integrated circuit. Also called microchip.

b. An integrated circuit.

5.

a. A thin, usually fried slice of food, especially a potato chip. Often used in the plural.

b. A very small piece of food or candy. Often used in the plural: chocolate chips.

c. chips Chiefly British French fries.

6. Wood, palm leaves, straw, or similar material cut and dried for weaving.

7. A fragment of dried animal dung used as fuel.

8. Something worthless.

9. Sports A chip shot.

v. chipped, chip·ping, chips

v.tr.

1. To chop or cut with an ax or other implement.

2.

a. To break a small piece from: chip a tooth.

b. To break or cut off (a small piece): chip ice from the window.

3. To shape or carve by cutting or chopping: chipped her name in the stone.

v.intr.

1. To become broken off into small pieces.

2. Sports To make a chip shot in golf.

Phrasal Verbs:

chip away

To reduce or make progress on something incrementally: We chipped away until the problem was solved.

chip in

1. To contribute money or labor: We all chipped in for beer.

2. To interrupt with comments; interject.

3. To put up chips or money as one's bet in poker and other games.

Idioms:

chip off the old block

A child whose appearance or character closely resembles that of one or the other parent.

chip on (one's) shoulder

A habitually hostile or combative attitude.

when the chips are down

At a critical or difficult time.

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[Middle English, from Old English cyp, beam, from Latin cippus.]

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chip ²  (chp)

intr.v. chipped, chip·ping, chips

To cheep, as a bird.

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[Imitative.]

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chip n.

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chip

Noun

1. a thin strip of potato fried in deep fat

2. US, Canad, Austral & NZ a potato crisp

3. Electronics a tiny wafer of semiconductor material, such as silicon, processed to form an integrated circuit

4. a counter used to represent money in gambling games

5. a small piece removed by chopping, cutting, or breaking

6. a mark left where a small piece has been broken off something

7. chip off the old block Informal a person who resembles one of his or her parents in personality

8. have a chip on one's shoulder Informal to be resentful or bear a grudge

9. when the chips are down Informal at a time of crisis

Verb

[chipping, chipped]

to break small pieces from [Old English cipp]

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chip  (chp)

See integrated circuit.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chip - a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" fleck, scrap, bit, flake fragment - a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock" matchwood - fragments of wood; "it was smashed into matchwood" exfoliation, scurf, scale - a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin scurf - (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts sliver, splinter - a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers"
	2.	chip - a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line sailing, seafaring, navigation - the work of a sailor float - something that floats on the surface of water
	3.	chip - a piece of dried bovine dung buffalo chip, cow chip, cow dung droppings, dung, muck - fecal matter of animals
	4.	chip - a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat crisp, potato chip, Saratoga chip snack food - food for light meals or for eating between meals
	5.	chip - a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something check blemish, mar, defect - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"
	6.	chip - a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling poker chip blue chip - a blue poker chip with the highest value counter - game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
	7.	chip - electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit micro chip, microchip, microprocessor chip, silicon chip biochip - a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically DNA chip, gene chip - a microchip that holds DNA probes that form half of the DNA double helix and can recognize DNA from samples being tested integrated circuit, microcircuit - a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component memory chip - a RAM microchip that can be plugged into a computer to provide additional memory microprocessor - integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system; "a microprocessor functions as the central processing unit of a microcomputer"; "a disk drive contains a microprocessor to handle the internal functions of the drive" semiconductor device, semiconductor unit, semiconductor - a conductor made with semiconducting material
	8.	chip - (golf) a low running approach shot   chip shot golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes approach shot, approach - a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green; "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green"
	9.	chip - the act of chipping something         chipping, splintering breaking, breakage, break - the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"
Verb	1.	chip - break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped" chip off, break away, break off, come off flake off, peel, flake, peel off - come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off" exfoliate - come off in a very thin piece divide, part, separate - come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
	2.	chip - cut a nick into nick cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
	3.	chip - play a chip shot golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes shoot - throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
	4.	chip - form by chipping; "They chipped their names in the stone" shape, mould, mold, form, forge, work - make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
	5.	chip - break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth" knap, break off, cut off cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" chip at, carve - engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark"

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chip

noun 1. fragment, scrap, shaving, flake, paring, wafer, sliver, shard

noun 2. scratch, nick, flaw, notch, dent

noun 3. counter, disc, token

verb 4. nick, damage, gash

verb 5. chisel, whittle

chip in (Informal)

1. contribute, pay, donate, subscribe, go Dutch (informal)

2. interpose, put in, interrupt, interject, butt in, put your oar in

Translations

chip [tʃɪp] n (gen pl) (CULIN) (BRIT) → patata or (LAM) papa frita: (US) (also: potato chip) → patata or (LAM) papa frita [of wood] → astilla (= stone); lasca;

(in gambling) → ficha;

(COMPUT) → chip m

vt [+ cup, plate] → desconchar;

when the chips are down (fig) → a la hora de la verdad

chip in vi (col) (= interrupt); interrumpir, meterse: (= contribute); contribuir

chip [tʃɪp] n (gen pl) (Culin) (Brit) → frite f: (US) (also: potato chip) → chip m [of wood]; copeau m [of glass, stone]; éclat m;

(also: microchip) → puce f;

(in gambling) → fiche f

vt [+ cup, plate] → ébrécher;

when the chips are down (fig) → au moment critique

chip in vi (inf) → mettre son grain de sel

chip [tʃɪp] n (gen pl) → Pommes frites pl;

(US) (also: potato chip) → Chip m;

(of wood) → Span m;

(of glass, stone) → Splitter m;

(in glass, cup etc) → abgestoßene Stelle f;

(in gambling) → Chip m, Spielmarke f;

(Comput) (also: microchip) → Chip m

vt (cup, plate) → anschlagen;

when the chips are down (fig) → wenn es drauf ankommt

chip in chip (inf) vi (contribute) → etwas beisteuern;

(interrupt) → sich einschalten

chip [tʃɪp] n (gen pl) (CULIN) → patatina fritta: (US) (also: potato chip) → patatina; [of wood, glass, stone] → scheggia;

(in gambling) → fiche f inv;

(COMPUT) (= microchip); chip m inv

vt [+ cup, plate] → scheggiare;

when the chips are down (fig) → al momento critico

chip in vi (col) (= contribute); contribuire: (= interrupt); intromettersi

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chip

v chip [tʃip]

to knock or strike small pieces off This glass (was) chipped when I knocked it over.splinterيَكْسِرُ، يَقْطَعُ كَشَرائِح، يَتَشَظّىнащърбявам (се)uštípnout, odštípnoutslå en flis af; slå skår i; gå i stykkeranschlagenσπάω στην άκρηdesportillarkatki tegema, kildu küljest löömaخرد کردنrikkoa, särkyäébrécherלִסדוֹקकोने से टूटना, चू-चूकरना, चीं-चीं करनाotkrhnuti, rezuckatikicsorbítpecah sedikit, sumbingflísafrantumarsi; scheggiarsiかく이가 빠지게 하다nuskelti, įskiltiatdauzīt (trauka malas); ieplīstserpihafsplinterenlage skår i, hogge av en flis, slå av et skallwyszczerbiać (się)lascara sfărâma; a ciobiоббивать(ся)obiť, puknúťodkrušitiokrnjitislå en flisa urกระเทาะçentilmek, ucundan kıvrılmak碎裂відколюватися, розбиватисяچھیلناlàm sứt碎裂

n

1 a place from which a small piece is broken There's a chip in the edge of this saucer.skerfشَظْيَهнащърбено мястоotlučené místoskårangeschlagene Stelleσπάσιμοdesportilladuratäkeلب پریدگیkoloébréchureשׁבַבटुकड़ाodlomak, krhotina(ki)csorbuláspecahanskarðscheggiaturaかけあと(컴퓨터의) 칩atskalarobssumbingschilferhakk, skår, skallszczerbarachaciobiturăщербин(к)аotlčené miestoodkrušeno mestokrhotinahackเศษที่แตกออกçentik, kırık凹口місце, де відбито шматокلکڑی کا چھوٹا ٹکڑہ اترنے والی جگہchỗ sứt凹口

2 (American french fries) (usually in plural) a cut piece of potato (fried) steak and chips.skyfiesرُقاقَةِ بَطاطا مَقْلِيَّهпържен картофhranolekfransk kartoffel; chips; pommes fritesPommes frites dieτηγανητή πατάταpatata fritafriikartulidچیپسranskanperunatfriteצִ'יפּסपके आलू का छोटा टुकड़ा, चिप्सčips, pržene ploškicehasábburgonyakeripikfrönsk kartaflapatatina frittaポテトチップス이빠진 자국bulvių traškutis/lazdelėsmalki sagriezti cepti kartupeļi; čipsikentang gorengfrietpommes frites; potetgull (American)frytkabatata fritajetonкартофель фриhranolkyocvrti krompirpomfritpommes fritesมันฝรั่งทอดแผ่นบางๆkızarmış patates油煎土豆片чіпсиآلو کے ٹکڑےkhoai tây mỏng rán油煎土豆片

3 a counter representing a certain value, used in gambling. tjipقُرْص مَعْدَني يُسْتَعْمَلُ في القِمارжетонžetonjetondie Spielmarkeμάρκα (σε τυχερά παιχνίδια)fichamängumarkژتونpelimerkkijetonזִ'יטוֹן, אָסִימוֹןजूआ में इस्तेमाल होने वाला काउंटरžetonzsetonkepingan-kepingan untuk mesin judispilapeningurgettone数取り札포테이토 칩žetonasžetonscipfichesjetong, spillemerkeżetonfichajetonфишкаžetónigralni žetončipspelmarkเบี้ยที่ใช้แทนเงินในการเล่นพนันfiş, marka（作賭注用的）籌碼фішкаجوئے کی میزthẻ đánh bạc（作赌注用的）筹码

4 a very small printed circuit, as used in computers, TV sets etc. mikroskyfieرُقاقَهчипčipchipder Chipπλακίδιο ολοκληρωμένου κυκλώματος ηλεκτρονικών στοιχείων, τσιπάκιchipkiipتراشهצִ'יפकंप्यूटर, टीवी का बहुत छोटा मुद्रित सर्किटčipcsipchipchip集積回路をつけた半導体の小片(포카 등의) 칩mikroschema, lustasmikroprocesorscipchipbrikke; integrert kretsukład scalonyчипčip, mikroprocesorová doštičkačipchipแผ่นไมโครชิป(elektronik) yonga鋅片чипکمیوٹروں کا ننھا سرکٹchíp điện tử锌片

chip in

1 to interrupt He chipped in with a remark.tussenin praatيَتَدَخَّلُ في الحَديثнамесвам сеvpadnout, zasáhnoutblande sigin ein Gespräch einfallenπαρεμβαίνω, διακόπτωintervenirvahele segamaسهیم شدن؛ دخالت کردنpuuttua puheeseenintervenirלְהִתעָרֵבदखल अंदाजी करनाprekinutibeleszólmenyelaleggja orð í belgintromettersi口をはさむ남의 이야기에 끼어들다įsiterptiiejaukties (sarunā)mencelahtussenkomenlegge seg borti, gi sitt besyv medwtrącać sięinterrompera interveniвмешиватьсяskočiť do rečiseči v besedoumešati sesticka emellan, göra ett inpassพูดแทรกsöze karışmak, lâfa girmek打斷別人的話втрутитисяمداخلت کرناcắt ngang câu chuyện打断别人的话

2 to give (money) He chipped in with a dollar for the gift.bydraيَتَبَرَّعُ بالمالдавам лептаpřispět; vsaditskillinge sammen; bidragebeisteuernσυνεισφέρωcontribuir(oma) panust andmaکمک مالی کردنosallistuacontribuerלִתרוֹםधन इत्यादि देनाplatiti svoj diohozzájárul (vmivel)menyumbangleggja í púkkiðcontribuire金を寄付する제몫을 내다prisidėti (pinigais)piedalīties (sametot naudu)memberikan sumbanganbijdragenbidra, gi et bidragdokładać sięcontribuira contribuiскидыватьсяprispieť; vsadiťprispevatipriložitige ett bidragลงขันvermek捐助вносити грошіرقم دیناgóp tiền捐助