chip
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[edit] English
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From Old English cipp (small piece of wood)
[edit] Noun
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chip (plural chips)
- A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
- A damaged area of a surface where a chip has been broken off.
- This cup has a chip in it.
- A token used in place of cash in gambling.
- (electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.
- (US) A thin, crisp, baked piece of vegetable, usually potato.
- (British, Australian and New Zealand) A fried strip of potato of square or rectangular cross-section, similar to French fries.
- (sports) A shot where the ball goes more upwards than a regular shot
- (curling) A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.
- A dried piece of dung used as fuel.
- (New Zealand, northern) A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.
[edit] Synonyms
- (small piece broken off): flake
- (circuit): IC, integrated circuit, silicon chip
- (baked piece of vegetable): crisp (UK, Ireland)
- (fried strip of potato): fry (mainly US), French fries (mainly US), freedom fry (US)
- (a receptacle for strawberries): punnet (British, New Zealand)
- (a receptacle for strawberries): pottle (New Zealand, southern)
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Terms derived from the noun chip
[edit] Translations
small piece broken off
damaged area of a surface
token used in gambling
circuit
baked piece of vegetable
fried strip of potato
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curling: takeout that hits a rock at an angle
dried piece of dung
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[edit] Verb
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to chip (third-person singular simple present chips, present participle chipping, simple past and past participle chipped)
- (transitive) To break into small pieces.
- The workers chipped the dead branches into mulch.
- (transitive) To break small pieces from.
- Be careful not to chip the paint.
- (transitive, golf) To play a shot where the ball goes predominately upwards rather than forwards
- (transitive, automotive) to upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
- (intransitive) To become chipped.
- This varnish chips easily.
- (intransitive, card games) Often with "in", to ante (up).
- (transitive, informal) To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
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to become chipped
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[edit] Italian
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chip m. inv.
- chip (small electronic component)
[edit] Romanian
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- IPA: /kip/
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declension of chip
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| gender n. | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| Nominative/Accusative | un chip | chipul | nişte chipuri | chipurile |
| Genitive/Dative | unui chip | chipului | unor chipuri | chipurilor |
| Vocative | — | — | — | — |
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[edit] Spanish
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chip m. (plural chips)
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Categories: Old English derivations | English nouns | Electronics | US | British English | Australian English | New Zealand English | Sports | Curling | English verbs | Golf | Automotive | Card games | Informal | it:English derivations | Italian nouns | ro:Hungarian derivations | Romanian nouns | ro:Anatomy | Spanish nouns

