Chios
Chios

chip


Definition: Meaning of, chip in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / tʃɪp /

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Singular Plural
chip chips
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  1. food British English [usually plural] a long thin piece of potato cooked in oil [=  French fry American English]
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  2. food American English [usually plural] a thin flat round piece of food such as potato cooked in very hot oil and eaten cold [=  crisp British English]
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  3. computer a small piece of SILICON that has a set of complicated electrical connections on it and is used to store and PROCESS information in computers
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  4. piece a small piece of wood, stone, metal etc that has been broken off something
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  5. mark a small hole or mark on a plate, cup etc where a piece has broken off
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  6. have a chip on your shoulder to easily become offended or angry because you think you have been treated unfairly in the past
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  7. when the chips are down spoken in a serious or difficult situation, especially one in which you realize what is really true or important
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  8. be a chip off the old block informal to be very similar to your mother or father in appearance or character
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  9. game [usually plural] a small flat coloured piece of plastic used in games such as POKER or BLACKJACK to represent a particular amount of money
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  10. sport also chip shot, chip kick a hit in golf, or a kick in football or RUGBY, that makes the ball go high into the air for a short distance
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  11. have had your chips British English informal to be in a situation in which you no longer have any hope of improvement
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Word Forms:
Prsesent Past Past Participle
chip chipped chipped
Present Participle Third Person Singular
chipping chips
  1. accidentally break (something) [intransitive and transitive] if you chip something, or if it chips, a small piece of it breaks off accidentally
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  2. remove something [intransitive,transitive always + adverb/preposition] to remove something, especially something hard that is covering a surface, by hitting it with a tool so that small pieces break off
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  3. sport [transitive] to hit a golf ball or kick a football or a RUGBY ball so that it goes high into the air for a short distance
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  4. potatoes [transitive] British English to cut potatoes into thin pieces ready to be cooked in hot oil
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chip used in phrases

  • DNA chip (noun)
    1. a microchip that holds DNA probes that form half of the DNA double helix and can recognize DNA from samples being tested
  • Saratoga chip (noun)
    1. a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
  • V-chip (noun)
    1. an electronic CHIP in a television that allows parents to prevent their children from watching programmes that are violent or have sex in them
  • bargaining chip (noun)
    1. something that one person or group in a business deal or political agreement has, that can be used to gain an advantage in the deal
  • blue chip (adjective)
    1. blue-chip companies/shares etc companies or SHARE s that make a profit and are considered safe
  • blue-chip (adjective)
    1. extremely valuable
  • blue-chip stock (noun)
    1. a common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable; typically have high price and low yield
  • buffalo chip (noun)
    1. a piece of dried bovine dung
  • chip and pin (noun)
    1. a system for CREDIT CARD s and DEBIT CARD s, in which the card has a CHIP containing a secret number that only the owner of the card knows. The owner has to use this number every time the card is used. The secret number makes it more difficult for people to use the card if it has been stolen.
  • chip at (verb)
    1. engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface
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chip used in phrasal verbs

  • chip away (phrasal verb)
    1. to gradually make something weaker, smaller, or less effective
    2. to remove small pieces from something hard by hitting it with a tool
  • chip in (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive] to add something to someone else’s conversation
    2. [intransitive/transitive] chip in something if people chip in, they each give some money to help pay for something
  • chip off (phrasal verb)
    1. to remove small pieces of something from a surface by hitting it
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