chip
verb/tʃɪp/
/tʃɪp/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they chip | /tʃɪp/ /tʃɪp/ |
| he / she / it chips | /tʃɪps/ /tʃɪps/ |
| past simple chipped | /tʃɪpt/ /tʃɪpt/ |
| past participle chipped | /tʃɪpt/ /tʃɪpt/ |
| -ing form chipping | /ˈtʃɪpɪŋ/ /ˈtʃɪpɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] chip (something) to damage something by breaking a small piece off it; to become damaged in this way
- a badly chipped saucer
- She chipped one of her front teeth.
- These plates chip easily.
- He fell and chipped his tooth badly.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- away
- off
- [transitive] chip something + adv./prep. to cut or break small pieces off something with a tool
- Chip away the damaged area.
- The fossils had been chipped out of the rock.
- It took a long time to chip a hole in the wall.
- It needs skill to chip a block of stone into a recognizable shape.
- We chipped the paint off the wood.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- away
- off
- [transitive, intransitive] chip (something) (especially in golf and football (soccer)) to hit or kick the ball so that it goes high in the air and then lands within a short distanceTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
- [transitive] chip potatoes (British English) to cut potatoes into long thin pieces in order to fry them in deep oil
- [transitive] chip something to put a microchip under the skin of a dog or other animal so that it can be identified if it is lost or stolen
Word OriginMiddle English: related to Old English forcippian ‘cut off’.
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