chip
/t͡ʃɪp/ noun B2- A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material. · The floor of the sculptor's studio was strewn with chips of marble.
- A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off. · This cup has a chip in it.
- A token used in place of cash.
- A medallion.
- A sovereign (the coin).
- A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate; a microchip.
- A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical or biochemical devices.
- A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.
Plural chips
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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There was a glass of water on the table, and on the window-sill a small chip ointment box containing a couple of pills.”
Chip, and upspringing
Delia Caruthers did things in six octaves so promisingly in a pine-tree village in the South that her relatives chipped in enough in her chip hat for her to go “North” and “finish.” They could not see her f—, but that is our story.
Olivia said, “I want fish and chips.”
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