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# chip

noun (a chip, chips); verb (chip, chips, chipped, chipping)

«chip» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A chip is a small piece broken off something hard, like wood, stone or a plate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chip/#m1)
2. A chip is the small mark left where a piece broke off, like a chip in a mug. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chip/#m2)
3. In the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ, chips are long pieces of fried potato (called «fries» in the US). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chip/#m3)
4. In the US and Canada, chips are thin crunchy slices of potato from a packet (called «crisps» in the UK and Ireland). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chip/#m4)
5. A computer chip is a tiny piece of material with circuits that makes electronic things work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chip/#m5)
6. To chip means to break a small piece off, or to kick or hit a ball gently into the air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chip/#m6)
7. A chip can be a small counter used in games, or a microchip in a pet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chip/#m7)

### In the lessons

Everyday: fish and chips, a chipped mug, a chocolate chip cookie, a microchip in your cat or dog with an ID number. In science and technology lessons: computer chips are inside phones, tablets and calculators. Safety: throw away chipped glass and china because it can cut. Phrases: «chip in» (give some money or help), «a chip off the old block» (like a parent), «a chip on your shoulder» (feeling hard done by), «when the chips are down» (when things are difficult).

### Examples

- We had fish and chips at the seaside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chip/#x1)
- There's a chip in my favourite mug. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chip/#x2)
- Can I have a packet of chips? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chip/#x3)
- Chocolate chip cookies are my favourite. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chip/#x4)
- The phone has a tiny computer chip inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chip/#x5)
- Our dog has a microchip so he can be found if he gets lost. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chip/#x6)
- She chipped the ball over the goalkeeper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chip/#x7)
- Everyone chipped in to buy the teacher a present. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chip/#x8)
- Throw away chipped glasses, as they can cut you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chip/#x9)
- There goes a shaving thinking of nothing in the world but of itself, a mere chip! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chip/#x10)

### Note

Big trap between countries: UK «chips» = US «fries»; US «chips» = UK «crisps». Double the p: «chipped, chipping». Countable: «a chip, chips».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chip» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chip/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chip» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chip.html) on Mova free.