chip en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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.
Meanings
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A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
The floor of the sculptor's studio was strewn with chips of marble.
The universe is finished; the copestone is on, and the chips were carted off a million years ago.
1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 3:
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A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
This cup has a chip in it.
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A token used in place of cash.
If the second player does raise three chips, and all the other players drop, the player who opened may stay in by putting three more chips in the pot, for then he will have put in precisely as many chips as the second player.
2002, Albert H. Moorehead, Hoyle′s Rules of Games, page 46:
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A medallion.
AA chips showing duration of abstinence (6 months)
2023, Thomas Thurnell-Read, Mark Monaghan, Intoxication: Self, State and Society, page 135:
- (dated, slang) A sovereign (the coin).
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A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate; a microchip.
1986 September 1, Tom Moran, Lisa L. Spiegelman, New Chip Said to Contain Seven PC AT Chip Functions, InfoWorld, page 5, But sources close to the company said the chip contains two direct memory access controllers, two interrupt controllers, a timer, a memory mapper from Texas Instruments, and a Motorola Inc. real-time clock.
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A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical or biochemical devices.
2002, Koji Ikuta, Atsushi Takahashi, Kota Ikeda, Shoji Maruo, User-Assembly Fully Integrated Micro Chemical Laboratory Using Biochemical IC Chips for Wearable/Implantable Applications, Yoshinobu Baba, Shuichi Shoji, Albert van den Berg (editors), Micro Total Analysis Systems 2002: Proceedings of the μTAS 2002 Symposium, Volume 1, page 38, Fig. 4(a) shows a schematic design of the micropump chip.
Fig. 0.3 is an image of the front and back views of a drug delivery microchip made of silicon and painted with gold, with a U.S. dime (10 cents). The chip in the picture consists of 34 nano-sized wells each of which is capable of housing 24 nl (nano liters) of drug. It is possible to make at least 400 wells or even 1000 or more in these chips which are very inexpensive, costing less tham $20 [22, 23].
2007, Elisabeth S. Papazoglou, Aravind Parthasarathy, Bionanotechnology, page 6:
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(Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, archaic, in Canada, plural-normally) A deep-fried strip of potato; see also usage note at French fries.
Fish and chips is a traditional British dish.
Do you want ketchup, mustard, or mayonnaise on your chips?
I always say the best way to judge an establishment is by its chips because if you can’t master that, what can you do?
2023 July 21, Billie Schwab Dunn, “I Tried Wetherspoons Food for the First Time-I Feared I'd Get Scurvy...”, in Daily Star:
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(Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US, especially, in-plural) A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, a crisp; occasionally a similar fried slice of another vegetable or dried fruit.
They made their own potato chips from scratch... He ate a tortilla chip with guac... served with a side of apple chips...
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(qualifier:sports such as soccer) A type of shot in various sports. ▸ A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.
Oxlade-Chamberlain saw his attempted chip well blocked by goalkeeper Costanzo at the start of the second half.
2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport:
- A type of shot in various sports. ▸ A light shot with a downward slice, usually played from close to the net.
- A type of shot in various sports. ▸ A low shot, usually played at short range around and onto a green, intended to travel a short distance through the air and roll the remainder of the way towards the hole.
- A type of shot in various sports. ▸ A very light shot that hits the cue ball so softly that it barely moves an object ball into a pocket without the cue ball going in as well.
- A type of shot in various sports. ▸ 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.
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A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.
chocolate chip
- A small often rectangular patch of colour printed on coated paper, or displayed on a screen, for colour selection and matching.
- 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.
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The smallest amount; a whit or jot.
One captain that I sailed with was not a chip better than the one we’re with now.
1858, R M Ballantyne, The Coral Island:
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A small basket used for packaging fruit.
He turned suddenly from a chip of strawberries, drew a gold watch from his fob and held it at its chain's length.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 10: Wandering Rocks]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 218:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chips | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
chippie · lab on a chip · computer chip · chipmusic · neurochip · chiplet · memory chip · chips-with-everything · choc chip · all that and a bag of chips · chipseal · brother chip · chip shot · chip hat · chip on one's shoulder · immunochip · chiptune · kettle chip · curry chip · v-chip · tortilla chip · chipmaking · system-on-chip · spit chips · chip and PIN · steak chips · cheap as chips · chip shooter · chip of the old block · buffalo chip · chirping chips · chipless · chip off the old block · sensorchip · mint 'n' chip · chip log · Saratoga chip · finger chips · chip bap · prawn chip · multichip · cow-chip · red chip · cold chips · all that and a bag of potato chips · mint 'n chip · microchip · chocolate chip · have a chip on one's shoulder · woodchip · salt and chilli chips · when the chips are down · mint chip · log chip · fish 'n' chips · bargaining chip · intrachip · chipmaker · poker chip · piss on someone's chips · organ-on-a-chip · hot chips · chippy · blue chip swap · chip leader · RFID chip · salt and pepper chips · fairy chips · system on a chip · outchip · antichip · chips mayai · chip pan · chipcard · potato chip · Clipper chip · finger chip · fish and chips · modchip · chip bun · chip-shop · chip scanner · chip cherry · genechip · cash in one's chips · chip shop · Chipzilla · kodi chips · chipyard · chipster · Chipaggedon · chip barm · chip and charge · white chip · chip wagon · chip-shot · cow chip · interchip · slap chip · zebra chip · chiplike · fairy chip · chip off the block · oven chip · chiphead · chips and cheese · blue-chip · chipman · chipset · chip card · shrimp chip · chippage · brain chip · biochip · chip butty · anti-chip · corn chip · have had one's chips · chip chart · orange chips · chip-squirrel · chip-fell-out-of-a-oak · DIP chip · chipsteak · chips with everything · stack chips · chipboard · chip steak · flip chip · chip time · silicon chip · let the chips fall where they may · chip basket · tomorrow's chip paper · blue chip · chip fork
Descendants
チップス · чипс · chip · טשיפּל · czip · csipsz · chips · чип · tsip · чип · čip · chips · cip · chips · chip · チップ · τσιπάκι · چیپس · צִ׳יפּ · chips · xip · чипс · chip · chips · Chip · çip · chip · чипс · تشبس · chips · chipsi · chips · τσιπ · czips · txip · cip · tšipsid · 칩스 · sipsi · 칩 · chips · чип · chip · чипс · cips · chips · شبس · čips · čipsis · chips · chips · chips · csip · chip · ჩიპსი · chip · ឈីប · chip · chipe · צִ׳יפְּס · chipp · chipsi
Hypernyms
Relateds
woodchip · fries · potato wedges · French fries
Synonyms
mammock · snead · chunk · slice · scrap · fry · cutting · fleak · piece · fries · clip · integrated circuit · IC · silicon chip · punnet · piecemeal · flake · hunk · crisp · chip · crumbling · scraplet · tranche · bit · snippet · flake · fragment · steck · microchip · portion · crumb · ort · French fry · pottle · fragment · lump
Translations (253)
az təzək (dried piece of dung) · hu burgonyaszirom (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · et žetoon (token used in gambling) · sv marker (token used in gambling) · cmn 筹码 (token used in gambling) · pt chapéu (shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot) · fi chippi (shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot) · he תפוצ׳יפס (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · bg чип (token used in gambling) · mi haurewa (shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot) · mk интегра́лно коло (integrated circuit) · is flaga (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · az çips (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · da chips (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · ru кизя́к (dried piece of dung) · es astilla (small piece broken off) · eo splito (integrated circuit) · ko 칩 (integrated circuit) · tl bingas (small piece broken off) · kw asklos (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · pl szczerba (damaged area of a surface) · fr chips (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · pl żeton (token used in gambling) · sl odkrušek (small piece broken off) · it chip (integrated circuit) · ru фи́шка (token used in gambling) · ko 칩스 (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · da fransk kartoffel (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · grc τραύξανα (small piece broken off) · bg треска (small piece broken off) · fi lastu (small piece broken off) · hu lapka (integrated circuit) · pt batata frita (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · pl chips (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · et pilbas (small piece broken off) · sw chipu (integrated circuit) · de Kartoffelchip (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · ru ще́пка (small piece broken off) · tr çip (token used in gambling) · fi siru (integrated circuit) · et tšipsid (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · pl czips (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · ga scealpóg (damaged area of a surface) · nb skår (damaged area of a surface) · hu darabka (small piece broken off) · eu txip (integrated circuit) · fr brisure (small piece broken off) · pt lasca (damaged area of a surface) · pt lasca (small piece broken off) · fr ébréchure (damaged area of a surface) · hu csip (integrated circuit) · es microchip (integrated circuit) · et kild (small piece broken off) · hu hasábburgonya (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · bg жетон (token used in gambling) · gd sgealb (integrated circuit) · gd sliseag (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · gl racha (small piece broken off) · nl chips (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · mi rutunga (small piece broken off) · th มันฝรั่งทอด (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · ro cip (integrated circuit) · sv ruka (dried piece of dung) · pl odłamek (small piece broken off) · ca xip (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · es chip (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · hu chip (integrated circuit) · sl košček (small piece broken off) · de Chip (token used in gambling) · it chip gettone (token used in gambling) · nb skar (damaged area of a surface) · sv chipp (shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot) · bg чипс (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · de Chip (integrated circuit) · gd sliseag (small piece broken off) · nb skår (small piece broken off) · pt circuito integrado (integrated circuit) · el μάρκα (token used in gambling) · de Macke (damaged area of a surface) · he שְׁבָב (small piece broken off) · gl chip (integrated circuit) · fr puce électronique (integrated circuit) · cmn 芯片 (integrated circuit) · nl fiche (token used in gambling) · fi lantakakku (dried piece of dung) · fi pelimerkki (token used in gambling) · it fiche (token used in gambling) · hu kicsorbulás (damaged area of a surface) · hu rósejbni (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · fo spælimerki (token used in gambling) · sv pjäs (token used in gambling) · es cepa (small piece broken off) · sv skåra (damaged area of a surface) · sl žeton (token used in gambling) · sv chips (integrated circuit) · fr coche (damaged area of a surface) · ja チップス (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · fr fragment (small piece broken off) · sv flisa (small piece broken off) · eo kristalo (integrated circuit) · af skyfie (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · eo ĉipso (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · fo splintur (small piece broken off) · sh čips (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · es mella (damaged area of a surface) · pt ficha (token used in gambling) · et laast (small piece broken off) · pl kość (integrated circuit) · no potetgull (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · sv bricka (token used in gambling) · uk чип (integrated circuit) · nb flis (small piece broken off) · fr croustille (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · fa تراشه (small piece broken off) · ms kerepek (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · mi mōtete (integrated circuit) · ru чип (integrated circuit) · fi siru (small piece broken off) · eu puxka (small piece broken off) · he אֲסִימוֹן (token used in gambling) · fi kolhu (damaged area of a surface) · es desconchado (damaged area of a surface) · mt krips (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · fa تراشه (integrated circuit) · fo kips (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · bg отломка (small piece broken off) · ro fragment (small piece broken off) · cy tolc (damaged area of a surface) · tr cips (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · mi kotakota (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · vi vi mạch (integrated circuit) · el θραύσμα (small piece broken off) · vi phỉnh (token used in gambling) · ja チップ (integrated circuit) · el πατατάκι (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · da jeton (token used in gambling) · ro așchie (small piece broken off) · mk чип (integrated circuit) · et krõpsud (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · sl čips (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · id keripik (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · de Chip (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · nl chip (integrated circuit) · ru лучи́на (small piece broken off) · uk чи́пси (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · nn skar (small piece broken off) · pl układ scalony (integrated circuit) · de Splitter (small piece broken off) · ru щербина (damaged area of a surface) · el τσιπ (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · ru зазубрина (damaged area of a surface) · hu csorba (damaged area of a surface) · hu zseton (token used in gambling) · th ชิป (integrated circuit) · acw شبس (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · it scheggia (small piece broken off) · bg счупено парче (small piece broken off) · fi piisiru (integrated circuit) · he שְׁבָב (integrated circuit) · es fragmento (small piece broken off) · ca fitxa (token used in gambling) · el ροκανίδι (small piece broken off) · ru обло́мок (small piece broken off) · pl lob (shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot) · fi kolo (damaged area of a surface) · km ឈីប (integrated circuit) · el τσιπάκι (integrated circuit) · izh päre (small piece broken off) · pt chipe (integrated circuit) · tl bingas (damaged area of a surface) · he חטיף תפוחי אדמה (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · ga scealpóg (small piece broken off) · sl čip (integrated circuit) · izh kisko (small piece broken off) · cs čip (integrated circuit) · vi mạch tích hợp (integrated circuit) · el θραύσμα (damaged area of a surface) · sv chips (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · gl lasca (small piece broken off) · ru микросхе́ма (integrated circuit) · es chip (integrated circuit) · grc λατύπη (small piece broken off) · id cip (integrated circuit) · ru стру́жка f of wood (small piece broken off) · fi lastu (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · ro chips (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · tr çip (integrated circuit) · eu fitxa (token used in gambling) · ko 감자칩 (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · es ficha (token used in gambling) · it frammento (small piece broken off) · sv krets (integrated circuit) · yue 片 (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · el plakídio olokliroménou kyklómatos (integrated circuit) · el πελεκούδι (small piece broken off) · yi טשיפּל (integrated circuit) · pl chip (integrated circuit) · cmn 片 (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · yi קאָמפּיוטער־טשיפּל (integrated circuit) · mk чипс (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · nn skar (damaged area of a surface) · hy չիպ (integrated circuit) · de Spielmarke (token used in gambling) · ko 칩 (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · ka ჩიპსი (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · hu szilánk (small piece broken off) · ro surcea (small piece broken off) · he צִ׳יפְּס (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · fi sipsi (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · cy creisionen (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · la assula (small piece broken off) · acw تشبس (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · ru оско́лок (small piece broken off) · ko 칩 (token used in gambling) · it patatine fritte (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · pl scalak (integrated circuit) · ga mant (small piece broken off) · es chip (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · pl kostka (integrated circuit) · fo flís (small piece broken off) · de Span (small piece broken off) · he צ׳יפ (integrated circuit) · nn flis (small piece broken off) · sq cifël (small piece broken off) · km បន្ទះស្រួយ (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · cs chip (integrated circuit) · hu forgács (small piece broken off) · fi nirhama (damaged area of a surface) · lt traškutis (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · vi vi mạch tích hợp (integrated circuit) · cy crispen (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · ru чипс (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · kw asklosen (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · ru скол (damaged area of a surface) · is kartöfluflaga (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · cmn 晶片 (integrated circuit) · mi tītipi (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · gd criosp (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · pt fragmento (small piece broken off) · de Bruchstück (small piece broken off) · sa खण्ड (small piece broken off) · no chips (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · fa چیپس (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · ca xip (integrated circuit) · it patatine (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · az çöp (small piece broken off) · et kartulikrõpsud (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · es portillo (damaged area of a surface) · mww siv (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · fo spónur (small piece broken off) · fa ژتون (token used in gambling) · lv čipsis (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable) · vi bim bim (thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable)