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, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for when the chips are down

chip
/ (tʃɪp) /

noun

verb chips, chipping or chipped

Derived forms of chip

chipper, noun

Word Origin for chip

Old English cipp (n), cippian (vb), of obscure origin

Scientific definitions for when the chips are down

chip
[ chĭp ]

See integrated circuit.

Idioms and Phrases with when the chips are down (1 of 2)

when the chips are down

When a situation is urgent or desperate, as in When the chips were down, all the children came home to help their mother. This expression comes from poker, where chips represent money being bet. When all the bets have been made, and the chips put down, the hand is over and the players turn up their cards to see who has won. [Late 1800s]

Idioms and Phrases with when the chips are down (2 of 2)

chip