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chip 1
(chĭp)n.
1. A small broken or cut off piece, as of wood, stone, or glass.
2. A crack or flaw caused by the removal of a small piece.
3.
a. A small disk or counter used in poker and other games to represent money.
b. chips Slang Money.
4. See microchip.
5.
a. A thin, usually fried slice of food, especially a potato chip: ate chips with her sandwich.
b. A very small piece of food or candy: made cookies with chocolate chips.
c. chips Chiefly British French fries.
6. Wood, palm leaves, straw, or similar material cut and dried for weaving.
7. A fragment of dried animal dung used as fuel.
8. Something worthless.
9. Sports A chip shot.
v. chipped, chip·ping, chips
v. tr.
1. To chop or cut with an axe or other implement.
2.
a. To break a small piece from: chip a tooth.
b. To break or cut off (a small piece): chip ice from the window.
3. To shape or carve by cutting or chopping: chipped her name in the stone.
4. To implant a microchip in (an organism).
v. intr.
Phrasal Verbs: 1. To become broken off into small pieces.
2. Sports To make a chip shot in golf.
chip away
To reduce or make progress on something incrementally: We chipped away until the problem was solved.
chip in
Idioms: 1. To contribute money or labor: We all chipped in for beer.
2. To interrupt with comments; interject.
3. To put up chips or money as one's bet in poker and other games.
chip off the old block
A child whose appearance or character closely resembles that of one or the other parent.
chip on (one's) shoulder
A habitually hostile or combative attitude, especially in response to perceived slights.
when the chips are down
At a critical or difficult time.
[Middle English, from Old English cyp, beam, from Latin cippus.]
chip 2
(chĭp)intr.v. chipped, chip·ping, chips
To cheep, as a bird.
[Imitative.]
chip n.
chip 3
(chĭp)n. Sports
A trick method of throwing one's opponent in wrestling.
[Origin unknown.]
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chip
(tʃɪp)n
1. a small piece removed by chopping, cutting, or breaking
2. a mark left after a small piece has been chopped, cut, or broken off something
3. (Games, other than specified) (in some games) a counter used to represent money
4. (Cookery) Brit a thin strip of potato fried in deep fat
5. (Cookery) US and Canadian a very thin slice of potato fried and eaten cold as a snack. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): crisp
6. (Cookery) a small piece or thin slice of food
7. (General Sporting Terms) sport a shot, kick, etc, lofted into the air, esp over an obstacle or an opposing player's head, and travelling only a short distance
8. (Electronics) electronics a tiny wafer of semiconductor material, such as silicon, processed to form a type of integrated circuit or component such as a transistor
9. (Crafts) a thin strip of wood or straw used for making woven hats, baskets, etc
10. (Agriculture) NZ a container for soft fruit, made of thin sheets of wood; punnet
11. cheap as chips informal Brit inexpensive; good value
12. chip off the old block informal a person who resembles one of his or her parents in behaviour
13. have a chip on one's shoulder informal to be aggressively sensitive about a particular thing or bear a grudge
14. have had one's chips informal Brit to be defeated, condemned to die, killed, etc
15. when the chips are down informal at a time of crisis or testing
vb, chips, chipping or chipped
16. to break small pieces from or become broken off in small pieces: will the paint chip?.
17. (tr) to break or cut into small pieces: to chip ice.
18. (tr) to shape by chipping
19. (General Sporting Terms) sport to strike or kick (a ball) in a high arc
[Old English cipp (n), cippian (vb), of obscure origin]
ˈchipper n
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chip1
(tʃɪp)n., v. chipped, chip•ping. n.
1. a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
2. a very thin slice or small piece of food, candy, etc.: chocolate chips.
3. a mark or flaw made by the breaking off or gouging out of a small piece: This glass has a chip.
4. any of the small round disks, used as tokens for money in roulette, poker, and some other gambling games; counter.
5. Also called microchip. a tiny slice of semiconducting material on which a transistor or an integrated circuit is formed.
6. anything trivial or worthless.
7. a piece of dried dung: buffalo chips.
8. chip shot.
9. Tennis. a softly sliced return shot with heavy backspin.
10. chips, Chiefly Brit. French fries.
v.t. 11. to hew or cut with an ax, chisel, etc.
12. to break off or gouge out (a bit or fragment): to chip a piece of ice from a large block.
13. to cut or break a bit or fragment from: to chip a tooth.
14. to shape or produce by cutting or flaking away pieces: to chip a figure out of wood.
15. Tennis. to slice (a ball) on a return shot, producing backspin.
v.i. 16. to break off in small pieces.
17. to make a chip shot.
18. chip in,
Idioms: a. to give as one's share; contribute: We each chipped in five dollars.
b. to share a cost or burden by giving money or aid: to chip in on a birthday cake.
1. chip off the old block, a person who strongly resembles one parent in appearance or behavior.
2. chip on one's shoulder, an antagonistic or quarrelsome disposition.
[1300–50; (n.) Middle English; compare Old English cipp plowshare, beam (v.) late Middle English chippen; compare Old English -cippian in forcippian to cut off; akin to Middle Low German, Middle Dutch kippen to chip, hatch]
chip′pa•ble, adj.
chip2
(tʃɪp)v. chipped, chip•ping,
n. v.i.
1. to chirp or squeak; cheep.
n. 2. a chirp or squeak; cheep.
[1880–85; variant of cheep]
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chip
(chĭp) See integrated circuit.
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chip
Past participle: chipped
Gerund: chipping
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chip
1. A tiny bit of silicon on which electronic circuits are printed.
2. Short, lofted approach shot.
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| Noun | 1. |  chip - a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"fragment - a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock" matchwood - fragments of wood; "it was smashed into matchwood" scurf - (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts |
| 2. | chip - a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line float - something that floats on the surface of water | |
| 3. | chip - a piece of dried bovine dung | |
| 4. |  chip - a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fatsnack food - food for light meals or for eating between meals | |
| 5. | chip - a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something | |
| 6. |  chip - a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gamblingblue chip - a blue poker chip with the highest value counter - game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games | |
| 7. |  chip - electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuitbiochip - a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically DNA chip, gene chip - a microchip that holds DNA probes that form half of the DNA double helix and can recognize DNA from samples being tested integrated circuit, microcircuit - a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component memory chip - a RAM microchip that can be plugged into a computer to provide additional memory microprocessor - integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system; "a microprocessor functions as the central processing unit of a microcomputer"; "a disk drive contains a microprocessor to handle the internal functions of the drive" semiconductor device, semiconductor unit, semiconductor - a conductor made with semiconducting material | |
| 8. |  chip - (golf) a low running approach shot golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes approach shot, approach - a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green; "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green" | |
| 9. |  chip - the act of chipping something | |
| Verb | 1. | chip - break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped" flake off, peel, flake, peel off - come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off" exfoliate - come off in a very thin piece |
| 2. | chip - cut a nick into cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" | |
| 3. | chip - play a chip shot golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes shoot - throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball" | |
| 4. | chip - form by chipping; "They chipped their names in the stone" | |
| 5. | chip - break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth" cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" |
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chip
noun
1. fragment, scrap, shaving, flake, paring, wafer, sliver, shard His eyes gleamed like chips of blue glass.
chip in (Informal)
1. contribute, pay, donate, subscribe, go Dutch (informal) We'll all chip in for the petrol and food.
2. interpose, put in, interrupt, interject, butt in, put your oar in He chipped in, 'That's right,' before she could answer.
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Translations
رُقَاقَةرُقاقَةِ بَطاطا مَقْلِيَّهرُقاقَهشَرِيحَةُ السِّيلِيكُونشَظْيَه
čiphranolekodštípnoutotlučené místoúlomek
chipchipsflisfransk kartoffelgå i stykker
siruchipatachippikolhiakolhiintua
čipkomadićokrznuti
csipcsorbuláskicsorbítkicsorbulászseton
flísafrönsk kartaflaskarîspilapeningur
･･･を欠くかけらチップ
잘게 썰다조각칩
atskalabulvių lazdelėbulvių traškutisįsiterptiįskilti
atdauzītčipsiieplīstmikroprocesorsrobs
čipmikroprocesorová doštičkaobiťotlčené miesto
čipsdrobecmikročipocvrt krompirodkrušek
chipsflisaslå sönder (en flisa)
เศษที่แตกออกไปแผ่นไมโครชิปทำให้เป็นรอยแหว่ง
mảnh vỡvi mạchvô tình làm vỡ vụn
chip
[tʃɪp]A. N
1. (= piece) → pedacito m; (= splinter) [of glass, wood] → astilla f; (= stone) → lasca f
he's a chip off the old block → de tal palo tal astilla
to have a chip on one's shoulder → ser un resentido
he's a chip off the old block → de tal palo tal astilla
to have a chip on one's shoulder → ser un resentido
2. (Culin) chips (Brit) (= French fries) → patatas fpl fritas, papas fpl fritas (esp LAm) (US) (= crisps) → patatas fpl (fritas) de bolsa, chips mpl
3. (= break, mark) → mella f; (on rim of vessel) → desportilladura f
4. (Gambling) → ficha f
he's had his chips → se le acabó la suerte
to hand or cash in one's chips → palmarla
when the chips are down → cuando llega el momento de la verdad
he's had his chips → se le acabó la suerte
to hand or cash in one's chips → palmarla
when the chips are down → cuando llega el momento de la verdad
5. (Comput) → chip m
6. (Golf) (= chip shot) → chip m
B. VT [+ cup, plate] → desconchar, desportillar; [+ furniture] → desportillar; [+ surface] → picar; [+ paint, varnish] → desconchar, desprender
C. VI [pottery] → desconcharse, desportillarse; [paint, varnish] → desconcharse
D. CPD chip and PIN N tecnología de identificación del usuario mediante una tarjeta chip que debe ir acompañada por un número PIN
chip and PIN card N → tarjeta f chip con número PIN
chip shop N → pescadería f (donde se vende principalmente pescado rebozado y patatas fritas)
chip and PIN card N → tarjeta f chip con número PIN
chip shop N → pescadería f (donde se vende principalmente pescado rebozado y patatas fritas)
chip away
A. VT + ADV [+ paint, varnish] → desconchar
B. VI + ADV [paint, varnish] → desconcharse
to chip away at [+ lands] → ir usurpando; [+ authority] → ir minando or debilitando
they chipped away at her resistance → fueron debilitando su resistencia
to chip away at [+ lands] → ir usurpando; [+ authority] → ir minando or debilitando
they chipped away at her resistance → fueron debilitando su resistencia
chip in VI + ADV
1. (= contribute) → contribuir (with con) (= share costs) → compartir los gastos
2. (= interrupt) → interrumpir (with diciendo)
chip off
A. VI + ADV [paint etc] → desconcharse, desprenderse (en escamas)
B. VT + ADV [+ paint etc] → desconchar, desprender
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
chip
[ˈtʃɪp] n
(US) (also potato chip) (= crisp) → chip m
[wood] → copeau m
he's a chip off the old block (= like father) → c'est son père tout craché (= like mother) → c'est sa mère tout craché
he's a chip off the old block (= like father) → c'est son père tout craché (= like mother) → c'est sa mère tout craché
[glass, stone] → éclat m
(in cup, mug, glass) → ébréchure f
(also microchip) → puce f
to have a chip on one's shoulder (= have a grudge) → en vouloir à tout le monde
vt
[+ cup, plate] → ébrécher
chip in
vi n système de carte à puce à code confidentiel
modif [card] → à code confidentiel; [system, technology] → de carte à code confidentielchip basket n (British) → panier m à frites
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
chip
n
→ Splitter m; (of glass also) → Scherbe f; (of wood) → Span m; chocolate chips → ˜ Schokoladenstreusel pl; he’s a chip off the old block → er ist ganz der Vater; to have a chip on one’s shoulder → einen Komplex haben (about wegen); somebody with a chip on his shoulder → jd, der sich ständig angegriffen fühlt
(in crockery, furniture etc) → abgeschlagene or abgestoßene Ecke or Stelle; this cup has a chip → diese Tasse ist angeschlagen
(in poker etc) → Chip m, → Spielmarke f; to cash in one’s chips (euph) → den Löffel abgeben (euph inf); he’s had his chips (inf) → (d)er hat ausgespielt (inf); to be in the chips (US inf) → Kleingeld haben (inf), → flüssig sein (inf); when the chips are down → wenn es drauf ankommt
to give the ball a chip (Golf, Tennis) → den Ball chippen
(Comput: = microchip) → Chip nt
vt
cup, stone → anschlagen; varnish, paint → abstoßen; wood → beschädigen; (= chip off) → wegschlagen, abstoßen
(Sport) ball → chippen
vi (cup etc) → angeschlagen werden, Macken/eine Macke bekommen (inf); (paint) → abspringen; (stone) → splittern; this pottery chips easily → diese Keramik ist schnell angeschlagen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
chip
[tʃɪp]1. n
a. (piece) → frammento; (of glass, wood, stone) → scheggia
he's a chip off the old block (fig) → è della stessa razza del padre
he's got a chip on his shoulder because ... → gli è rimasto sullo stomaco il fatto che...
he's a chip off the old block (fig) → è della stessa razza del padre
he's got a chip on his shoulder because ... → gli è rimasto sullo stomaco il fatto che...
b. (gen pl) (Culin) (Brit) (French fry) → patatina fritta (Am) (crisp) → patatina
d. (in gambling) → fiche f inv
when the chips are down (fig) → nei momenti critici, nel momento della verità, alla resa dei conti
to have had one's chips (fig) (fam) → aver giocato l'ultima carta
when the chips are down (fig) → nei momenti critici, nel momento della verità, alla resa dei conti
to have had one's chips (fig) (fam) → aver giocato l'ultima carta
e. (Comput) (microchip) → chip m inv
3. vi → scheggiarsi
chip in vi + adv (fam) (contribute) → contribuire; (interrupt) → intromettersi
chip off
1. vi + adv (paint) → scrostarsi
2. vt + adv (paint) → scrostare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
chip
(tʃip) – past tense past participle chipped – verb to knock or strike small pieces off. This glass (was) chipped when I knocked it over.
noun1. a place from which a small piece is broken. There's a chip in the edge of this saucer.
2. (American french fries) (usually in plural) a cut piece of potato (fried). steak and chips.
3. a counter representing a certain value, used in gambling.
4. a very small printed circuit, as used in computers, TV sets etc.
chip in1. to interrupt. He chipped in with a remark.
2. to give (money). He chipped in with a dollar for the gift.
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chip
→ رُقَاقَة, شَرِيحَةُ السِّيلِيكُون, يَكْسِرُ čip, úlomek, ulomit chip, flis, slå et stykke af abbrechen, Chip, Splitter θραύσμα, σπάζω, τσιπ astilla, chip, desportillar, esquirla, romper lohkaista, mikrosiru, siru ébrécher, fragment, puce čip, komadić, okrznuti chip, scheggia, scheggiarsi ･･･を欠く, かけら, チップ 잘게 썰다, 조각, 칩 afbreken, chip, spaander brikke, flis, flise chip, odłamek, ułamać chip, lasca, lascar микросхема, осколок, отломить chips, flisa, slå sönder (en flisa) เศษที่แตกออกไป, แผ่นไมโครชิป, ทำให้เป็นรอยแหว่ง çip, kırmak, parça mảnh vỡ, vi mạch, vô tình làm vỡ vụn 碎片, 碰掉, 芯片Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
chip
n astilla, pedacito; vt, vi (pret & pp chipped; ger chipping) quebrar(se) (un poco), astillar(se), desportillar(se)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.