English Explanatory Dictionary

chip

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
  3. A token used in place of cash.
  4. A medallion.
  5. A sovereign (the coin).
  6. A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate; a microchip.
  7. A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical or biochemical devices.
  8. A deep-fried strip of potato; see also usage note at french fries.
  9. A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, a crisp; occasionally a similar fried slice of another vegetable or dried fruit.
  10. A type of shot in various sports.
  11. A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.
  12. A light shot with a downward slice, usually played from close to the net.
verb
  1. To chop or cut into small pieces.
  2. To break small pieces from.
  3. To become chipped.
  4. To chisel (something), to chisel on (something).
  5. To use a chisel.
  6. To strike or play (the ball or other implement) as a chip shot.
  7. To beat (an opposing player) by use of a chip shot, such as by looping the ball over the head of the opposing goalkeeper.
  8. To move (a ball) a relatively short distance by means of an oblique contact.
  9. To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
  10. To upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
  11. To ante (up).
  12. To contribute.
verb
  1. To leave.
name
  1. A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles.
  2. A nickname used for males who are second-generation namesakes.
name
  1. Acronym of children's health insurance program.
  2. Acronym of clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of chromatin immunoprecipitation.
name
  1. Acronym of California Highway Patrol.
noun
  1. An officer of the California Highway Patrol.

Pronunciation

chĭp /t͡ʃɪp/ [t͡ʃʰɪp] en-us-chip.ogg EN-AU ck1 chip.ogg

Word forms

chip chips chipping chipped

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kippōną Proto-West Germanic *kippōn Old English *ċippiander. Old English ċipp Middle English chippe English chip Noun from Middle English chip, chippe, from Old English ċipp (“chip; small piece of wood, shaving”), from Old English *ċippian (“to cut; hew”) – attested in Old English forċippian (“to cut off”) –, from Proto-West Germanic *kippōn (“to cut; carve; hack; chop”), from Proto-Germanic *kippōną (“to chip, chop”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyb- (“to split; divide; germinate; sprout”). Related to Dutch kip, keep (“notch; nick; score”), Dutch kippen (“to hatch”), German Low German kippen (“to cut; clip; trim; shorten”), German kipfen (“to chop off the tip; snip”), Old Swedish kippa (“to chop”). Compare also chop. The formally similar Old English ċipp, ċypp, ċyp (“a beam; log; stock; post”), from Proto-Germanic *kippaz (“log; beam”) (whence Old Saxon kip (“post”), Old High German kipfa, chipfa (“axle, stave”), Old Norse keppr (“cudgel, club”)) is a different, unrelated word either borrowed from Latin cippus (“stake; pale; post”) or borrowed from the same source language as the Latin. Verb from Middle English chippen, from Old English *ċippian (“to cut; hew”) – attested in Old English forċippian (“to cut off”) – see above.

Synonyms

flake fragment bit chip chunk clip crumb crumbling cutting fleak hunk lump mammock ort piece piecemeal portion scrap scraplet slice snead snippet steck IC integrated circuit microchip silicon chip fries fry French fry crisp punnet pottle CHP CHPer

Related words

French fries fries potato wedges woodchip chip chip cheerio highway patrol

Derived words

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