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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Old English cipp (small piece of wood)

[edit] Noun

Singular
chip

Plural
chips

chip (plural chips)

  1. A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
  2. A damaged area of a surface where a chip has been broken off.
    This cup has a chip in it.
  3. A token used in place of cash in gambling.
  4. (electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.
  5. (US) A thin, crisp, baked piece of vegetable, usually potato.
    potato chips
    tortilla chips
  6. (British, Australian and New Zealand) A fried strip of potato of square or rectangular cross-section, similar to French fries.
  7. (sports) A shot where the ball goes more upwards than a regular shot
  8. (curling) A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.
  9. A dried piece of dung used as fuel.
  10. (New Zealand, northern) A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.

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Terms derived from the noun chip

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small piece broken off
damaged area of a surface
token used in gambling
circuit
baked piece of vegetable
fried strip of potato
shot where the ball goes more upwards than a regular shot
curling: takeout that hits a rock at an angle
dried piece of dung
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to chip

Third person singular
chips

Simple past
chipped

Past participle
chipped

Present participle
chipping

to chip (third-person singular simple present chips, present participle chipping, simple past and past participle chipped)

  1. (transitive) To break into small pieces.
    The workers chipped the dead branches into mulch.
  2. (transitive) To break small pieces from.
    Be careful not to chip the paint.
  3. (transitive, golf) To play a shot where the ball goes predominately upwards rather than forwards
  4. (transitive, automotive) to upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
  5. (intransitive) To become chipped.
    This varnish chips easily.
  6. (intransitive, card games) Often with "in", to ante (up).
  7. (transitive, informal) To fit (an animal) with a microchip.

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to break into small pieces
to break small pieces from
to play a shot where the ball goes predominantly upwards
to become chipped
to ante up
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[edit] Italian

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English

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chip m. inv.

  1. chip (small electronic component)

[edit] Romanian

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Hungarian kép

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chip n. (plural chipuri)

  1. face, likeness
  2. picture, image

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    declension of chip
singular plural
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
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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

chip m. (plural chips)

Singular
chip m.

Plural
chips m.
  1. chip
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