chip

Significado (Inglês)

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. (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. A deep-fried strip of potato; see also usage note at french fries.
9. 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. 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. Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
21. Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.

Verb

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

Verb

To leave.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/t͡ʃɪp/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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-Germanic *kipp- (“to cut; carve; hack; 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”) and Old Norse keppr (“cudgel, club”), ultimately from Latin cippus (“stake; pale; post”), is a different, unrelated word.
Verb from Middle English chippen, from Old English *ċippian (“to cut; hew”) – attested in Old English forċippian (“to cut off”) –, from Proto-Germanic *kipp- (“to cut; carve; hack; chop”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵey- (“to split; divide; germinate; sprout”). Related to 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.