How to pronounce “chip”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
• A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
• (games, gambling) A token used in place of cash.
• A medallion.
• (slang, dated) A sovereign (the coin).
• (electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate; a microchip.
• (electronics) A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical or biochemical devices.
• (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, archaic in Canada, usually in the plural) A deep-fried strip of potato; see also usage note at french fries.
• (US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, especially in the plural) A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, a crisp; occasionally a similar fried slice of another vegetable or dried fruit.
• A type of shot in various sports.
• A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.
• (New Zealand, northern) A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.
• (cooking) A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.
• A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.
• (nautical) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
• (historical) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
• (archaic, derogatory) Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.
• The smallest amount; a whit or jot.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To chop or cut into small pieces.
• (transitive) To break small pieces from.
• (intransitive) To become chipped.
• (transitive, dialectal) To chisel (something), to chisel on (something).
• (intransitive, dialectal) To use a chisel.
• (transitive, sports) To strike or play (the ball or other implement) as a chip shot.
• (transitive, sports such as soccer) To beat (an opposing player) by use of a chip shot, such as by looping the ball over the head of the opposing goalkeeper.
• (transitive, billiards) To move (a ball) a relatively short distance by means of an oblique contact.
• (transitive, informal) To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
• (transitive, automotive) To upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
• (intransitive, card games, often with "in") To ante (up).
• (UK, transitive, often with "in") To contribute.
• (also to chip at) To make fun of.

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