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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
Idioms for chip
Origin of chip
1First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun chippe, chip “chip, shaving, splinter” (compare Old English cipp “plowshare, beam, i.e., piece cut off)”; compare Old Saxon kipp “stick,” Old Norse keppr “stick,” Old High German kipfa “wagon pole”; late Middle English verb chippen “to cut, cut up, trim, chop” (compare Old English -cippian in forcippian “to cut off)”; akin to Middle Low German, Middle Dutch kippen “to chip (eggs), hatch”; perhaps all the Germanic forms derive from Latin cip(p)us “boundary stone, tombstone, stake, post, pillar“
OTHER WORDS FROM chip
chip·pa·ble, adjectiveun·chip·pa·ble, adjectiveDefinition for chip (2 of 3)
chip2
[ chip ]
/ tʃɪp /
verb (used without object), chipped, chip·ping.
to utter a short chirping or squeaking sound; cheep.
noun
a short chirping or squeaking cry.
Origin of chip
2First recorded in 1880–85; variant of cheep
Definition for chip (3 of 3)
chip3
[ chip ]
/ tʃɪp /
noun Wrestling.
a tricky or special method by which an opponent can be thrown.
Origin of chip
3First recorded in 1820–30; noun use of chip “to trip up”; cognate with German kippen “to tip over,” Old Norse kippa “to pull”
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British Dictionary definitions for chip
chip
/ (tʃɪp) /
noun
verb chips, chipping or chipped
Derived forms of chip
chipper, nounWord Origin for chip
Old English cipp (n), cippian (vb), of obscure origin
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Scientific definitions for chip
chip
[ chĭp ]
See integrated circuit.
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Idioms and Phrases with chip
chip
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