chips
/tʃɪps/ · noun
Meaning
- 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) A token used in place of cash.
- A sovereign (the coin).
- A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.
- A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices.
- To chop or cut into small pieces.
- To break small pieces from.
- To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards. In association football specifically, when the shot is a shot on goal, the opposing goalkeeper may be the direct object of the verb, rather than the ball.
- To upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
- To become chipped.
- (often with "in") To ante (up).
- A carpenter.
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