chip
chip
(tʃɪp )Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense chips , present participle chipping , past tense, past participle chipped
1. countable noun [usually plural]
2. countable noun [usually plural]
Chips or potato chips are very thin slices of fried potato that are eaten cold as a snack.
[US]...a package of onion-flavored potato chips.
regional note: in BRIT, use crisps3. countable noun
A silicon chip is a very small piece of silicon with electronic circuits on it which is part of a computer or other piece of machinery.
4. countable noun
A chip is a small piece of something or a small piece which has been broken off something.
It contains real chocolate chips.
He was burning wood chips to make charcoal.
Teichler's eyes gleamed like chips of blue glass. [+ of]
5. countable noun
6. verb
If you chip something or if it chips, a small piece is broken off it.
The blow chipped the woman's tooth. [VERB noun]
Steel baths are lighter but chip easily. [VERB]
chipped adjective
The wagon's paint was badly chipped on the outside.
They drank out of chipped mugs.
7. countable noun [usually plural]
8. countable noun
In discussions between people or governments, a chip or a bargaining chip is something of value which one side holds, which can be exchanged for something they want from the other side.
The information could be used as a bargaining chip to extract some parallel information from Britain.
He was not expected to be released because he was considered a valuable chip in this game.
9. See also blue chip
Phrasal verbs:
