Meaning

23 senses
  1. A 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

  2. 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

  3. A token used in place of cash.

    Chip, Spielmarke

    фи́шкаfíška

  4. A medallion.

  5. (dated, slang)A sovereign (the coin).

  6. 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

  7. A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical or biochemical devices.

  8. (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

  9. 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.

  10. A light shot with a downward slice, usually played from close to the net.

  11. 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.

  12. 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 sentences
  1. Tom has a chip on his shoulder.

    Том сердитий на весь світ.

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  2. Help yourself to more potato chips.

    Візьми ще чіпсів.

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  3. Do you want chocolate chip cookies?

    Хочеш шоколадного печива?

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  4. Tom ate potato chips and drank beer.

    Том з'їв картопляні чіпси та випив пива.

    deTom aß Kartoffelchips und trank Bier.

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  5. 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.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
integrated circuit:
thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable:
Русский
By meaning 6
small piece broken off:
damaged area of a surface:
token used in gambling:
integrated circuit:
thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable:
dried piece of dung:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
small piece broken off:
damaged area of a surface:
token used in gambling:
thin, crisp, fried piece of potato or vegetable:

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: chips
Singularchip
Pluralchips

regular

Synonyms

47 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

93 related words

Collocations

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

See also

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