chip 1 (ch p)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 in1. 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.
[Middle English, from Old English cyp, beam, from Latin cippus.] |
chip 2 (chp)intr.v. chipped, chip·ping, chips To cheep, as a bird.
[Imitative.]
chip n. |
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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ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  chip - a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"fragment - a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock" matchwood - fragments of wood; "it was smashed into matchwood" 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 linefloat - something that floats on the surface of water | | 3. | chip - a piece of dried bovine dung | | 4. |  chip - a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fatsnack 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 somethingblemish, 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 gamblingblue 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 circuitbiochip - 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 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" | | 8. |  chip - (golf) a low running approach shotgolf, 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 | | Verb | 1. | chip - break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped" | | 2. | chip - cut a nick intocut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" | | 3. | chip - play a chip shotgolf, 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"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" |
chip chip in (Informal)  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; when the chips are down ( fig) → a la hora de la verdad
 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;
 chip [tʃɪp] n ( gen pl) → Pommes frites pl; (US) (also: potato chip) → Chip m; ( in glass, cup etc) → abgestoßene Stelle f; (in gambling) → Chip m, Spielmarke f; (Comput) (also: microchip) → Chip m when the chips are down ( fig) → wenn es drauf ankommt
 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;
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