See Also: Red chip(finance)
chip(1)(dictionary)
chip pan(dictionary)
Chip(medicine)
re-chip(dictionary)
cow chip(dictionary)
V-chip(dictionary)
chip(2)(dictionary)
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Chip and pin(tourism)

chip(2) (iou)



chip verb1. Infl. -pp-. LME.

verb trans. Remove the crust of (bread); remove (the crust of bread). LME-E18.
verb trans. Chap, crack. Long obsolete exc. dial. LME.
verb intrans. Of a seed or bud: break open, germinate. Long obsolete exc. dial. L15.
verb trans. Of a hatching chicken etc.: crack and break open (the eggshell). E17.
verb trans. Hew or cut with an axe, adze, or other implement. E17.
G. Swift Dick..chips ice from the lock-gates with fingers that do not seem to feel the cold.
a. verb intrans. Break at the edge; lose a piece from the edge or surface; be apt to do so. M18.
Ladies Home Journal (US) If nail color chips between manicures.
b. verb trans. Cut or break at the surface or edge; shape by so cutting; carve (an inscription etc.); cut or break (a piece) off, from, a surface or edge. M19.
c. verb intrans. Make strokes at (as if) to cut or break pieces off; work away at so as to diminish or destroy. M19.
H. E. Bates Workmen were chipping at snow and ice with pickaxes. Globe & Mail (Toronto) Members will chip away at the coverage extended to the consumer, if there is no regulation.
verb trans. Harrow, hoe, (ground). Austral. & NZ. L18.
verb trans. Cut (esp. a potato) into chips; US slice (smoked dried beef) thinly. Chiefly as chipped ppl adjective. E19.
a. verb intrans. Aim a blow at (lit. & fig.); poke fun at. E19.
b. verb trans. Tease, chaff. colloq. L19.
J. Hilton Being chipped about that Chinese girl didn't appeal to my sense of humour.
verb intrans. & trans. Foll. by in:
a. Put down (as) a stake, contribute (money etc.). M19.
P. Ackroyd He insisted on paying the bill, he would not dream of having them chip in. R. Carver All of us chipped in thirty-eight bucks for a funeral spray.
b. Contribute to a conversation, interpose. L19.
Scottish Daily Express Andrew quickly chipped in that there wasn't a 'bottomless pit of money'. Stage & Television Today Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthauready to chip in comments.
verb intrans. & trans. Kick or hit (a ball etc.) with a chip shot; bypass (an opposing player) with a chip shot. E20.
G. Green Chipping home the free kick for goal number five. Guardian Bodak broke clear..to chip Corrigan delightfully. Los Angeles Times A chance to chip and putt the ball.
Comb.: chip-axe a small axe used in chipping timber etc. into shape; chip-in Golf a chip shot by which the ball is holed.
chipping noun (a) a small piece of wood, stone, (obsolete) bread, etc., chipped or pared off, esp. in dressing or shaping (usu. in pl.); (b) the action of the verb: LME.