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Chip

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See also: chip, CHIP, ChIP, CHiP, and chíp

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Chip

  1. A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles.
    • 1993, Jonathan Kellerman, Devil's Waltz, Random House, published 1998, →ISBN, page 26:
      "What else? Anyway, here's the genealogy: Charles Junior's only son is Charles the Third - like royalty. He goes by Chip - Cassie's daddy. The mom is Cindy. The dead son was Chad - Charles the Fourth."
      "All Cs," I said. "Sounds like they like order."
  2. A nickname used for males who are second-generation namesakes.

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German

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from English chip.

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    Chip m (strong, genitive Chips, plural Chips)

    1. (electronics) chip
    2. (also gambling) chip (piece of plastic or metal used as a token for money, entrance tickets, etc.)
    3. (cooking, chiefly in the plural) crisp/chip

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    Further reading

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    • Chip”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
    • Chip” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • Chip” in Duden online
    • Chip on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de