chip
A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid materialA small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
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. — deniko
Help yourself to more potato chips.
Візьми ще чіпсів. — deniko
Do you want chocolate chip cookies?
Хочеш шоколадного печива? — deniko
Tom ate potato chips and drank beer.
Том з'їв картопляні чіпси та випив пива. — deniko
deTom aß Kartoffelchips und trank Bier. — Naina
Tom ate half a bag of potato chips.
Том з'їв півпачки картопляних чипсів. — deniko
ruТом съел полпачки картофельных чипсов. — Biga
deTom hat eine halbe Tüte Chips gegessen. — Waldelfe
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
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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