chip

CEFRB1

/t͡ʃɪp/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A thin piece cut or broken from something.

  2. 02

    noun

    A small electronic part that controls a device.

Examples

  • Bob's really a chip off the old block.

  • John Tel is expected to delay the release of its chip set until August.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

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noun

Extra meanings

  1. A thin fried piece of potato.

  2. A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.

  3. A token used in place of cash.

More examples

In context

  • The floor of the sculptor's studio was strewn with chips of marble.

  • This cup has a chip in it.

  • 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...

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Origin

noun

English chip Noun from Middle English chip, chippe, from Old English ċipp (“chip; small piece of wood, shaving”), from Old English *ċippian (“to cut; hew”) – attested in Old English forċippian (“to cut off”) –, from Proto-West Germanic *kippōn (“to cut; carve; hack; chop”), from Proto-Germanic *kippōną (“to chip, chop”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyb- (“to split; divide; germinate; sprout”). Related to Dutch kip, keep (“notch; nick; score”), Dutch kippen (“to hatch”), German Low German kippen (“to cut; clip; trim; shorten”), German kipfen (“to chop off the tip; snip”), Old Swedish kippa (“to chop”). Compare also chop. The formally similar Old English ċipp, ċypp, ċyp (“a beam; log; stock; p...