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Added 9 October 2026

chip

/t͡ʃɪp/ noun

In Latin: assula Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about chip at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.
a bit of rock caught him in the eye
A triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line.
A piece of dried bovine dung.

verb

Break off (a piece from a whole).
Her tooth chipped
Cut a nick into.
Play a chip shot.

Origin

Noun from Middle English chip, chippe, from Old English ċipp (“chip; small piece of wood, shaving”), from Old English *ċippian (“to cut; hew”) – attested in Old English forċippian (“to cut off”) –, from Proto-West Germanic *kippōn (“to cut; carve; hack; chop”), from Proto-Germanic *kippōną (“to chip, chop”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyb- (“to split; divide; germinate; sprout”). Related to Dutch kip, keep (“notch; nick; score”), Dutch kippen (“to hatch”), German Low German kippen (“to cut; clip; trim; shorten”), German kipfen (“to chop off the tip; snip”), Old Swedish kippa (“to chop”). Compare also chop.

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