chip
A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid materialA small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
» Tom has a chip on his shoulder.
Том сердитий на весь світ.
Meaning
23 sensesA small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
The floor of the sculptor's studio was strewn with chips of marble.
a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
This cup has a chip in it.
Splitter, Span, Bruchstück
ще́пкаščépka, лучи́наlučína, стру́жка f of woodstrúžka
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
A token used in place of cash.
Chip, Spielmarke
фи́шкаfíška
A medallion.
(dated, slang)A sovereign (the coin).
A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate; a microchip.
Chip
микросхе́маmikrosxéma, чипčip
чипčyp
electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical or biochemical devices.
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US, especially, in the 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...
Chip, Kartoffelchip
чипсčips
чи́псиčýpsy
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.
A light shot with a downward slice, usually played from close to the net.
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 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.
Examples
481 sentencesTom has a chip on his shoulder.
Том сердитий на весь світ.
Help yourself to more potato chips.
Візьми ще чіпсів.
Do you want chocolate chip cookies?
Хочеш шоколадного печива?
Tom ate potato chips and drank beer.
Том з'їв картопляні чіпси та випив пива.
deTom aß Kartoffelchips und trank Bier.
Tom ate half a bag of potato chips.
Том з'їв півпачки картопляних чипсів.
ruТом съел полпачки картофельных чипсов.
deTom hat eine halbe Tüte Chips gegessen.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 6
By meaning 4
Origin
Noun from Middle English chip, chippe, from Old English ċipp (“chip; small piece of wood,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.
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Forms
plural: chipsSynonyms
47 synonyms- the act of chipping something:chippingsplintering
- (golf) a low running approach shot:chip shot
- electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit:microchipmicro chipsilicon chipmicroprocessor chip
- a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling:poker chip
- a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat:crisppotato chipSaratoga chip
- a piece of dried bovine dung:cow chipcow dungbuffalo chip
Word family
93 related wordsCollocations
9 patterns- potato chips
- ate potato chips
- chocolate chip cookies
- of potato chips
- all chipped in
- chocolate chip
- chip cookies
- all chipped
- chipped in to