chip
To chop or cut into small piecesTo chop or cut into small pieces.
Meaning
15 senses(transitive)To chop or cut into small pieces.
The workers chipped the dead branches into mulch.
cut a nick into
(transitive)To break small pieces from.
Be careful not to chip the paint.
break a small piece off from
(intransitive)To become chipped.
This varnish chips easily.
(dialectal, transitive)To chisel (something), to chisel on (something).
The fitter was chipping and filing a workpiece clamped in his vise.
(dialectal, intransitive)To use a chisel.
The fitters were chipping and filing furiously to meet their deadline.
(transitive)To strike or play (the ball or other implement) as a chip shot.
play a chip shot
(transitive)To beat (an opposing player) by use of a chip shot, such as by looping the ball over the head of the opposing goalkeeper.
(transitive)To move (a ball) a relatively short distance by means of an oblique contact.
In potting the black, he also managed to chip the red off the side cushion.
(informal, transitive)To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
(transitive)To upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
(intransitive, often)To ante (up).
(UK, often, transitive)To contribute.
Everyone needs to chip in £1 for George's leaving collection.
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
3 languagesOrigin
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
chips, chipping, chipped, chippedPhrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbsSynonyms
7 synonymsWord family
15 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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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