chip 1 (ch?p) 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. 1. To become broken off into small pieces. 2. Sports To make a chip shot in golf. Phrasal Verbs: chip away To reduce or make progress on something incrementally: We chipped away until the problem was solved. chip in 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. Idioms: 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 (ch?p)intr.v. chipped, chip·ping, chips To cheep, as a bird.[Imitative.]chip n.chip 3 (ch?p)n. Sports A trick method of throwing one’s opponent in wrestling.[Origin unknown.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.chip (t??p) n1. a small piece removed by chopping, cutting, or breaking2. a mark left after a small piece has been chopped, cut, or broken off something3. (Games, other than specified) (in some games) a counter used to represent money4. (Cookery) Brit a thin strip of potato fried in deep fat5. (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 food7. (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 distance8. (Electronics) electronics a tiny wafer of semiconductor material, such as silicon, processed to form a type of integrated circuit or component such as a transistor9. (Crafts) a thin strip of wood or straw used for making woven hats, baskets, etc10. (Agriculture) NZ a container for soft fruit, made of thin sheets of wood; punnet11. cheap as chips informal Brit inexpensive; good value12. chip off the old block informal a person who resembles one of his or her parents in behaviour13. have a chip on one’s shoulder informal to be aggressively sensitive about a particular thing or bear a grudge14. have had one’s chips informal Brit to be defeated, condemned to die, killed, etc15. when the chips are down informal at a time of crisis or testingvb, chips, chipping or chipped16. 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 chipping19. (General Sporting Terms) sport to strike or kick (a ball) in a high arc[Old English cipp (n), cippian (vb), of obscure origin] ?chipper nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014chip1 (t??p) 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, 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. Idioms: 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 (t??p) 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] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.chip (ch?p) See integrated circuit.The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.chipPast participle: chippedGerund: chippingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativechipchipPresentI chipyou chiphe/she/it chipswe chipyou chipthey chipPreteriteI chippedyou chippedhe/she/it chippedwe chippedyou chippedthey chippedPresent ContinuousI am chippingyou are chippinghe/she/it is chippingwe are chippingyou are chippingthey are chippingPresent PerfectI have chippedyou have chippedhe/she/it has chippedwe have chippedyou have chippedthey have chippedPast ContinuousI was chippingyou were chippinghe/she/it was chippingwe were chippingyou were chippingthey were chippingPast PerfectI had chippedyou had chippedhe/she/it had chippedwe had chippedyou had chippedthey had chippedFutureI will chipyou will chiphe/she/it will chipwe will chipyou will chipthey will chipFuture PerfectI will have chippedyou will have chippedhe/she/it will have chippedwe will have chippedyou will have chippedthey will have chippedFuture ContinuousI will be chippingyou will be chippinghe/she/it will be chippingwe will be chippingyou will be chippingthey will be chippingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been chippingyou have been chippinghe/she/it has been chippingwe have been chippingyou have been chippingthey have been chippingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been chippingyou will have been chippinghe/she/it will have been chippingwe will have been chippingyou will have been chippingthey will have been chippingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been chippingyou had been chippinghe/she/it had been chippingwe had been chippingyou had been chippingthey had been chippingConditionalI would chipyou would chiphe/she/it would chipwe would chipyou would chipthey would chipPast ConditionalI would have chippedyou would have chippedhe/she/it would have chippedwe would have chippedyou would have chippedthey would have chippedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011chip1. A tiny bit of silicon on which electronic circuits are printed.2. Short, lofted approach shot.Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited