Idioms for chip
Origin of chip
1
1300–50; (noun) Middle English
chip (compare Old English
cipp plowshare, beam, i.e., piece cut off); (v.) late Middle English
chippen (compare Old English
-cippian in
forcippian to cut off); akin to Middle Low German, Middle Dutch
kippen to chip eggs, hatch
OTHER WORDS FROM chip
chip·pa·ble, adjective un·chip·pa·ble, adjectiveWords nearby chip
chinwangtao,
chiné,
chioggia,
chionodoxa,
chios,
chip,
chip and dip,
chip and pin,
chip basket,
chip carving,
chip graft
British Dictionary definitions for chip in (1 of 2)
chip in
verb (adverb) informal
to contribute (money, time, etc) to a cause or fund
(intr)
to interpose a remark or interrupt with a remark
British Dictionary definitions for chip in (2 of 2)
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
Scientific definitions for chip in
chip
[ chĭp ]
See integrated circuit.
Idioms and Phrases with chip in (1 of 2)
chip in
Contribute money, help, or advice, as in If we all chip in we'll have enough to buy a suitable gift, or Everyone chipped in with ideas for the baby shower. Mark Twain used this term in Roughing It (1872): “I'll be there and chip in and help, too.” [Mid-1800s]
In poker and other games, to put up chips or money as one's bet. For example, I'll chip in another hundred but that's my limit or, as Bret Harte put it in Gabriel Conroy (1876): “You've jest cut up thet rough with my higher emotions, there ain't enough left to chip in on a ten-cent ante.” [Mid-1800s]
Idioms and Phrases with chip in (2 of 2)
chip