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Grammar : Verb
Spell : chip
Phonetic Transcription : tʃɪp


Definition of chipped

Origin :
  • early 15c., "to chip" (intransitive, of stone); from Old English forcippian "to pare away by cutting, cut off," verbal form of cipp "small piece of wood" (see chip (n.)). Transitive meaning "to cut up, cut or trim" is from late 15c. Sense of "break off fragments" is 18c. To chip in "contribute" (1861) is American English, perhaps from card-playing. Related: Chipped; chipping. Chipped beef attested from 1826.
  • verb knock a piece out of
Example sentences :
  • The workmen pulled and chipped and lifted out piece after piece.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • His weapons and tools were of the rudest description, and made of chipped flint.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • The paint was chipped by the slugs, but the metal was hardly scratched.
  • Extract from : « Arm of the Law » by Harry Harrison
  • It was chipped off an image in the ruins of a great building a mile or so from here.
  • Extract from : « The Long Voyage » by Carl Richard Jacobi
  • The breakfast she brought him on a chipped plate was all he could have desired.
  • Extract from : « Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective » by Ellis Parker Butler
  • There are lots of these images, chipped and smashed, lying about the streets of Ypres.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • The Duke's agent's here; shouldn't be surprised if he chipped in.
  • Extract from : « The Skin Game (Fourth Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • Another bullet, deliberately aimed, chipped the rock above him.
  • Extract from : « Nan of Music Mountain » by Frank H. Spearman
  • We said a steak and chipped potatoes for two, and a couple of lagers.
  • Extract from : « Diary of a Pilgrimage » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • I chipped off a piece of the rock, however, to carry home as a memento.
  • Extract from : « A Jolly Fellowship » by Frank R. Stockton

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