chip
IPA: tʃˈɪp
noun
- A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
- A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
- (games, gambling) A token used in place of cash.
- A medallion.
- (slang, dated) A sovereign (the coin).
- (electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate; a microchip.
- (electronics) A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices.
- (US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, especially in the plural) A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, a crisp; occasionally a similar fried slice of another vegetable or dried fruit.
- (sports) A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.
- (curling) A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.
- A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.
- (New Zealand, northern) A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.
- (cooking) A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.
- A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.
- (nautical) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
- (historical) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
- (archaic, derogatory) Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.
- (golf) A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air.
- A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles.
- An officer of the California Highway Patrol
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, archaic in Canada, usually in the plural) Standard form of french fry, a fried strip of potato.
- Acronym of children's health insurance program.
- (medicine) Acronym of clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential.
- Abbreviation of chromatin immunoprecipitation.
- Acronym of California Highway Patrol.
verb
- (transitive) To chop or cut into small pieces.
- (transitive) To break small pieces from.
- (transitive, sports) To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards. In association football specifically, when the shot is a shot on goal, the opposing goalkeeper may be the direct object of the verb, rather than the ball.
- (transitive, automotive) to upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
- (intransitive) To become chipped.
- (intransitive, card games, often with "in") To ante (up).
- (transitive, informal) To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
- (UK, transitive, often with "in") To contribute.
- (also to chip at) To make fun of.
- (UK, slang, intransitive) To leave.
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Examples of "chip" in Sentences
- "_Thou art a chip -- Thou art a chip_," Angelica responded.
- "He never says anything except '_Chip, chip, chip, chip_,'" Jasper often remarked.
- And when he said, "_Chip, chip, chip, chip_," Rusty knew that there could be no doubt about it.
- And he began screaming, "_Chip, chip, chip, chip_," in a very shrill voice which was most annoying to hear.
- I realize the chip is the expensive piece of the computer but you would think they would get the hint and replace it.
- The FeliCa chip is the contactless IC card usually used for electronic payments, but on some models at least it seems to be able to transmit.
- With 200,000 neurons linked up by 50 million synaptic connections, the chip is able to mimic the brain's ability to learn more closely than any other machine.
- He rose for perhaps thirty feet, not spirally, but in a zigzag course, -- like a horse climbing a hill with a heavy load, -- all the time calling, _chip, chip, chip_.
- One of these went past me as I stood by the roadside, rising very gradually into the air and repeating all the way, _Chip, chip, chip, chip_, till at last he broke into the warble, which was a full half longer than usual.
- "Right!" replied Dale; and a minute later he caught the rings of hemp thrown to him, and rapidly knotted the middle round Saxe, the end to his own waist; and as he knotted, _click, click! chip, chip_! went the ice-axe, deftly wielded by the guide, who with two or three blows broke through enough of the crust to make a secure footing while the ice flew splintering down the slope in miniature avalanches, with a peculiar metallic tinkling sound.
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