chip

Meaning

Noun

1. A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
2. A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
3. A token used in place of cash.
4. A medallion.
5. (dated, slang) A sovereign (the coin).
6. A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate; a microchip.
7. A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical or biochemical devices.
8. (Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, archaic, plural-normally) A deep-fried strip of potato; see also usage note at french fries.
9. (Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US, especially, in-plural) A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, a crisp; occasionally a similar fried slice of another vegetable or dried fruit.
10. A type of shot in various sports.
11. A type of shot in various sports.
12. A type of shot in various sports.
13. A type of shot in various sports.
14. A type of shot in various sports.
15. A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.
16. (New-Zealand, Northern) A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.
17. A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.
18. A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.
19. The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
20. (historical) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
21. (archaic, derogatory) Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.
22. The smallest amount; a whit or jot.

Verb

1. (transitive) To chop or cut into small pieces.
2. (transitive) To break small pieces from.
3. (intransitive) To become chipped.
4. (dialectal, transitive) To chisel (something), to chisel on (something).
5. (dialectal, intransitive) To use a chisel.
6. (transitive) To strike or play (the ball or other implement) as a chip shot.
7. (transitive) To beat (an opposing player) by use of a chip shot, such as by looping the ball over the head of the opposing goalkeeper.
8. (transitive) To move (a ball) a relatively short distance by means of an oblique contact.
9. (informal, transitive) To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
10. (transitive) To upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
11. (intransitive, often) To ante (up).
12. (UK, often, transitive) To contribute.
13. To make fun of.

Verb

To leave.

Synonyms

splinter

flake

fragment

bit

piece

nick

notch

crisp

token

scrap

crack

sliver

microchip

counter

carve

potato chip

break

slice off

fleck

break off

cow chip

silicon chip

chipping

splint

cut

shard

poker chip

slice

damage

check

shaving

micro chip

crumb

integrated circuit

scratch

chip shot

cow dung

slip

spall

come off

sherd

block

erode

chisel

section

drop

dent

break away

chip off

opening

Translations

Splitter

astilla

scheggiare

Chip

scheggia

chip

fragment

chips

gettone

lasca

puce

morceau

chip

Span

anschlagen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃɪp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: chip

Inherited from Old English: ċipp

Cognate with Old English: forċippian

Cognate with Dutch: kip

Cognate with Dutch: kippen

Cognate with German: kipfen

Inherited from Middle English: chippen

Inherited from Old English: *ċippian

In summary

Noun from Middle English chip, chippe, from Old English ċipp (“chip; small piece of wood, shaving”), from Old English *ċippian (“to cut; hew”) – attested in Old English forċippian (“to cut off”) –, from Proto-West Germanic *kippōn (“to cut; carve; hack; chop”), from Proto-Germanic *kippōną (“to chip, chop”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyb- (“to split; divide; germinate; sprout”). Related to Dutch kip, keep (“notch; nick; score”), Dutch kippen (“to hatch”), German Low German kippen (“to cut; clip; trim; shorten”), German kipfen (“to chop off the tip; snip”), Old Swedish kippa (“to chop”). Compare also chop.
The formally similar Old English ċipp, ċypp, ċyp (“a beam; log; stock; post”), from Proto-Germanic *kippaz (“log; beam”) (whence Old Saxon kip (“post”), Old High German kipfa, chipfa (“axle, stave”), Old Norse keppr (“cudgel, club”)) is a different, unrelated word either borrowed from Latin cippus (“stake; pale; post”) or borrowed from the same source language as the Latin.
Verb from Middle English chippen, from Old English *ċippian (“to cut; hew”) – attested in Old English forċippian (“to cut off”) – see above.