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Meaning of chip | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
t͡ʃʰɪp

Definitions

  1. Acronym of children's health insurance program.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  2. Abbreviation of chromatin immunoprecipitation.
    abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
  3. A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles.
  4. A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles
  5. A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material
  6. Acronym of California Highway Patrol.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  7. An officer of the California Highway Patrol.
  8. A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
  9. A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
  10. Acronym of clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  11. A nickname used for males who are second-generation namesakes.
  12. A nickname used for males who are second-generation namesakes
  13. To reduce or make progress on something incrementally: We chipped away until the problem was solved.
  14. A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off
  15. A token used in place of cash.
  16. A child whose appearance or character closely resembles that of one or the other parent.
  17. A token used in place of cash
  18. A habitually hostile or combative attitude, especially in response to perceived slights.
  19. A medallion.
  20. A medallion
  21. At a critical or difficult time.
  22. A sovereign (the coin).
    dated, slang
  23. A sovereign (the coin)
  24. To cheep, as a bird.
  25. A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate; a microchip.
  26. A trick method of throwing one's opponent in wrestling.
  27. A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical or biochemical devices.
  28. See integrated circuit.
  29. A deep-fried strip of potato; see also usage note at french fries.
    Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, archaic, plural-normally
  30. to knock or strike small pieces off. This glass (was) chipped when I knocked it over. splinter يَكْسِرُ، يَقْطَعُ كَشَرائِح، يَتَشَظّى нащърбявам (се) lascar uštípnout, odštípnout anschlagen slå en flis af; slå skår i; gå i stykker σπάω στην άκρη desportillar katki tegema, kildu küljest lööma خرد کردن lohkaista ébrécher לִסדוֹק कोने से टूटना, चू-चूकरना, चीं-चीं करना otkrhnuti, rezuckati kicsorbít pecah sedikit, sumbing flísa frantumarsi; scheggiarsi かく (식기, 컵 등의) 이가 빠지다 nuskelti, įskilti atda...
  31. A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, a crisp; occasionally a similar fried slice of another vegetable or dried fruit.
    Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US, especially, in-plural
  32. A small broken or cut off piece, as of wood, stone, or glass.
  33. A type of shot in various sports.
  34. A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.
  35. A crack or flaw caused by the removal of a small piece.
  36. A light shot with a downward slice, usually played from close to the net.
  37. A low shot, usually played at short range around and onto a green, intended to travel a short distance through the air and roll the remainder of the way towards the hole.
  38. A very light shot that hits the cue ball so softly that it barely moves an object ball into a pocket without the cue ball going in as well.
  39. A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.
  40. A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.
  41. A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.
    New-Zealand, Northern
  42. A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.
  43. A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.
  44. The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
  45. Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
    historical
  46. Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.
    archaic, derogatory
  47. The smallest amount; a whit or jot.

Equivalents

العربية الرقاقة
Azərbaycanca çöp təzək
Български треска чупя
Català fitxa xip
Čeština čip čipový žeton
Cymraeg creisionen tolc
Esperanto ĉipso kristalo splito
فارسی تراشه چیپس
Gaeilge scealpóg
Gàidhlig sliseag
Galego bicar chip fanicar lasca petar racha
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi kōhi
हिन्दी तराशा
Հայերեն չիպ
Bahasa Indonesia bahan cip keping keripik serpih sirkuit terpadu
Íslenska flaga kartöfluflaga
ខ្មែរ ឈីប
한국어 감자칩 칩스 파편
Kurdî çip çop
Latina assula
Te Reo Māori rehu
Македонски чип чипс
Bahasa Melayu kerepek
Nederlands chip chips fiche stiften
Română așchie chips cip surcea
Shqip cifël
Kiswahili chipu
Tagalog bingas
Українська відламок тріска фішка чип чипси

Examples

“The floor of the sculptor's studio was strewn with chips of marble.”
“The universe is finished; the copestone is on, and the chips were carted off a million years ago.”
“This cup has a chip in it.”
“If the second player does raise three chips, and all the other players drop, the player who opened may stay in by putting three more chips in the pot, for then he will have put in precisely as many chips as the second player.”
“AA chips showing duration of abstinence (6 months)”
“1986 September 1, Tom Moran, Lisa L. Spiegelman, New Chip Said to Contain Seven PC AT Chip Functions, InfoWorld, page 5, But sources close to the company said the chip contains two direct memory access controllers, two interrupt controllers, a timer, a memory mapper from Texas Instruments, and a Motorola Inc. real-time clock.”
“2002, Koji Ikuta, Atsushi Takahashi, Kota Ikeda, Shoji Maruo, User-Assembly Fully Integrated Micro Chemical Laboratory Using Biochemical IC Chips for Wearable/Implantable Applications, Yoshinobu Baba, Shuichi Shoji, Albert van den Berg (editors), Micro Total Analysis Systems 2002: Proceedings of the μTAS 2002 Symposium, Volume 1, page 38, Fig. 4(a) shows a schematic design of the micropump chip.”
“Fig. 0.3 is an image of the front and back views of a drug delivery microchip made of silicon and painted with gold, with a U.S. dime (10 cents). The chip in the picture consists of 34 nano-sized wells each of which is capable of housing 24 nl (nano liters) of drug. It is possible to make at least 400 wells or even 1000 or more in these chips which are very inexpensive, costing less tham $20 [22, 23].”
“I always say the best way to judge an establishment is by its chips because if you can’t master that, what can you do?”
“Do you want ketchup, mustard, or mayonnaise on your chips?”
“Fish and chips is a traditional British dish.”
“They made their own potato chips from scratch... He ate a tortilla chip with guac... served with a side of apple chips...”
“Oxlade-Chamberlain saw his attempted chip well blocked by goalkeeper Costanzo at the start of the second half.”
“chocolate chip”
“One captain that I sailed with was not a chip better than the one we’re with now.”
“"What else? Anyway, here's the genealogy: Charles Junior's only son is Charles the Third - like royalty. He goes by Chip - Cassie's daddy. The mom is Cindy. The dead son was Chad - Charles the Fourth." "All Cs," I said. "Sounds like they like order."”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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