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UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtʃɪp/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/tʃɪp/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(chip)
a small, slender piece, such as of wood, separated by chopping or breaking:Wood chips flew everywhere.
Fooda very thin slice or small piece of food, candy, etc.:potato chips; chocolate chips
a mark or flaw made by the breaking off of a small piece: This glass has a chip.
Gamesa small round disk, used as a token for money in roulette, poker, etc.; counter:He put all his chips on number fifteen.
ElectronicsAlso called microchip. a tiny slice of semiconducting material on which a transistor or an integrated circuit is formed:memory chips for computers.
chip1(chip),USA pronunciationn., v.,chipped, chip•ping. n.
a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
Fooda very thin slice or small piece of food, candy, etc.:chocolate chips.
a mark or flaw made by the breaking off or gouging out of a small piece:This glass has a chip.
Gamesany of the small round disks, usually of plastic or ivory, used as tokens for money in certain gambling games, as roulette or poker; counter.
ElectronicsAlso called microchip. a tiny slice of semiconducting material, generally in the shape of a square a few millimeters long, cut from a larger wafer of the material, on which a transistor or an entire integrated circuit is formed. Cf. microprocessor.
Jewelrya small cut or uncut piece of a diamond or crystal.
anything trivial or worthless.
something dried up or without flavor.
a piece of dried dung:buffalo chips.
wood, straw, etc., in thin strips for weaving into hats, baskets, etc.
Sport[Golf.]See chip shot.
Sport[Tennis.]a softly sliced return shot with heavy backspin.
Sound Reproductionthe strip of material removed by a recording stylus as it cuts the grooves in a record.
Foodchips, [Chiefly Brit.]French fries.
Dialect Terms, Idiomschip off the old block, a person who resembles one parent in appearance or behavior:His son is just a chip off the old block.
Dialect Terms, Idiomschip on one's shoulder, a disposition to quarrel:You will never make friends if you go around with a chip on your shoulder.
Dialect Termsin the chips, [Slang.]wealthy; rich:Don't look down on your old friends now that you're in the chips.
Dialect Terms, Idiomswhen the chips are down, in a discouraging or disadvantageous situation; in bad or pressing times:When the chips are down he proves to be a loyal friend.
v.t.
to hew or cut with an ax, chisel, etc.
to cut, break off, or gouge out (bits or fragments):He chipped a few pieces of ice from the large cube.
to disfigure by breaking off a fragment:to chip the edge of a saucer.
to shape or produce by cutting or flaking away pieces:to chip a figure out of wood.
Gamesto bet by means of chips, as in poker.
Sport[Tennis.]to slice (a ball) on a return shot, causing it to have heavy backspin.
Drugs, Slang Terms[Slang.]to take (a narcotic drug) occasionally, esp. only in sufficient quantity to achieve a mild euphoria.
British Terms, Sport[Chiefly Brit. Sports.]to hit or kick (a ball) a short distance forward.
British Termsto jeer or criticize severely; deride; taunt.
British Terms[Australian.]to hoe; harrow.
v.i.
to break off in small pieces.
Sport[Golf.]to make a chip shot.
Dialect Termschip in:
to contribute money or assistance; participate.
Gamesto bet a chip or chips, as in poker.
to interrupt a conversation to say something; butt in:We all chipped in with our suggestions for the reunion.
1300–50; (noun, nominal) Middle English chip (compare Old English cipp plowshare, beam, i.e., piece cut off ); (verb, verbal) late Middle English chippen (compare Old English -cippian in forcippian to cut off ); akin to Middle Low German, Middle Dutch kippen to chip eggs, hatch