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Yes. The word chip is a Scrabble US word. The word chip is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word chip is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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4-letter words (1 found)

CHIP,

3-letter words (6 found)

CHI,HIC,HIP,ICH,PHI,PIC,

2-letter words (3 found)

CH,HI,PI,

You can make 10 words from chip according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of chip

chip hcip cihp ichp hicp ihcp chpi hcpi cphi pchi hpci phci ciph icph cpih pcih ipch pich hipc ihpc hpic phic iphc pihc

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word chip. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in chip.

Definitions and meaning of chip

chip

Pronunciation

  • enPR: chĭp, IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪp/
  • Rhymes: -ɪp

Etymology 1

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-Germanic *kipp- (“to cut; carve; hack; 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.

The formally similar Old English ċipp, ċypp, ċyp (“a beam; log; stock; post”), from Proto-Germanic *kippaz (“log; beam”), whence Old Saxon kip (“post”), Old High German kipfa, chipfa (“axle, stave”) and Old Norse keppr (“cudgel, club”), ultimately from Latin cippus (“stake; pale; post”), is a different, unrelated word.

Verb from Middle English chippen, from Old English *ċippian (“to cut; hew”) – attested in Old English forċippian (“to cut off”) –, from Proto-Germanic *kipp- (“to cut; carve; hack; chop”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵey- (“to split; divide; germinate; sprout”). Related to 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.

Noun

chip (plural chips)

  1. A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
    The floor of the sculptor's studio was strewn with chips of marble.
  2. A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
    This cup has a chip in it.
  3. (games, gambling) A token used in place of cash.
  4. A medallion.
  5. (slang, dated) A sovereign (the coin).
  6. (electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate; a microchip.
    • 1986 September 1, Tom Moran, Lisa L. Spiegelman, New Chip Said to Contain Seven PC AT Chip Functions, InfoWorld, page 5,
      But sources close to the company said the chip contains two direct memory access controllers, two interrupt controllers, a timer, a memory mapper from Texas Instruments, and a Motorola Inc. real-time clock.
  7. (electronics) A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices.
    • 2002, Koji Ikuta, Atsushi Takahashi, Kota Ikeda, Shoji Maruo, User-Assembly Fully Integrated Micro Chemical Laboratory Using Biochemical IC Chips for Wearable/Implantable Applications, Yoshinobu Baba, Shuichi Shoji, Albert van den Berg (editors), Micro Total Analysis Systems 2002: Proceedings of the μTAS 2002 Symposium, Volume 1, page 38,
      Fig. 4(a) shows a schematic design of the micropump chip.
  8. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, archaic in Canada, usually in the plural) A deep-fried strip of potato; see also usage note at french fries.
  9. (US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, especially in the plural) A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, a crisp; occasionally a similar fried slice of another vegetable or dried fruit.
  10. A type of shot in various sports.
    1. (sports such as soccer) A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.
    2. (tennis) A light shot with a downward slice, usually played from close to the net.
    3. (golf) A low shot, usually played at short range around and onto a green, intended to travel a short distance through the air and roll the remainder of the way towards the hole.
    4. (cue sports) A very light shot that hits the cue ball so softly that it barely moves an object ball into a pocket without the cue ball going in as well.
    5. (curling) A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.
  11. A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.
  12. (New Zealand, northern) A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.
  13. (cooking) A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.
    chocolate chip
  14. A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.
  15. (nautical) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
  16. (historical) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
  17. (archaic, derogatory) Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.
Usage notes

In New Zealand and Australia, where the term chip(s) can refer to either french fried potatoes or deep-fried potato slices, the dishes are distinguished as "hot chips" (french fried potatoes) or, in New Zealand, "cold chips" (deep-fried potato slices) when clarity is needed.

Synonyms
  • (small piece broken off): flake
  • (circuit): IC, integrated circuit, microchip, silicon chip
  • (deep-fried or baked slice of vegetable): crisp (UK, Ireland)
  • (deep-fried small column of potato): fry (mainly North America), French fries (mainly North America)
  • (a receptacle for strawberries): punnet (British, New Zealand, Australia), pottle (New Zealand, southern)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Catalan: xip
  • → Greek: τσιπ (tsip)
  • → Italian: chip
  • → Korean: 칩 (chip)
  • → Hebrew: צִ'יפּ
  • → Hebrew: צִ'יפְּסְ
  • → Turkish: cips, çip
  • → Yiddish: טשיפּל (tshipl)
  • → Welsh: tsip
Translations
See also
  • French fries
  • fries
  • potato wedge
  • woodchip

Verb

chip (third-person singular simple present chips, present participle chipping, simple past and past participle chipped)

  1. (transitive) To chop or cut into small pieces.
  2. (transitive) To break small pieces from.
  3. (intransitive) To become chipped.
  4. (transitive, sports) To strike or play (the ball or other implement) as a chip shot.
  5. (transitive, sports such as soccer) To beat (an opposing player) by use of a chip shot, such as by looping the ball over the head of the opposing goalkeeper.
  6. (transitive, cue sports) To move (a ball) a relatively short distance by means of an oblique contact.
  7. (transitive, informal) To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
  8. (transitive, automotive) To upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
  9. (intransitive, card games, often with "in") To ante (up).
  10. (UK, transitive, often with "in") To contribute.
  11. (also to chip at) To make fun of.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Verb

chip (third-person singular simple present chips, present participle chipping, simple past and past participle chipped)

  1. (UK, slang, intransitive) To leave.

See also

  • chip chip cheerio (probably not etymologically related)

Further reading

  • Jonathon Green (2024) “chip v.3”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English chip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃɪp/
  • Hyphenation: chip
  • Rhymes: -ɪp

Noun

chip m (plural chips, diminutive chipje n)

  1. (electronics, computing) A chip (one-piece circuit or hybrid device containing a circuit and another device).

Derived terms

  • microchip
  • nanochip

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from English chip.

Noun

chip m (plural chips)

  1. chip (circuit)

Derived terms

  • microchip
  • cambiar el chip
  • tarjeta chip

Further reading

  • “chip” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Hokkien

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English chip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃip]

Noun

chip

  1. Superseded spelling of csip.

Declension

References

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /çɪpʲ/

Noun

chip m

  1. Lenited form of cip.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English chip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃip/
  • Rhymes: -ip

Noun

chip m (invariable)

  1. chip (small electronic component)

References

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

chip

  1. Alternative form of chippe

Etymology 2

Noun

chip

  1. Alternative form of schip

Polish

Alternative forms

  • czip

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English chip, from Middle English chip, chippe, from Old English ċipp, from Old English *ċippian, from Proto-Germanic *kipp-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyb-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʂip/
  • Rhymes: -ip
  • Syllabification: chip

Noun

chip m inan

  1. (electronics) chip (integrated circuit)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • chip in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • chip in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English chip.

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: chipe

Noun

chip m (plural chips) (proscribed, unadapted spelling)

  1. Alternative form of chipe

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian kép (“image”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kip/

Noun

chip n (plural chipuri)

  1. face, likeness
    Synonym: față f
  2. picture, image
    Synonym: imagine f

Declension

Derived terms

  • închipui

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English chip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃip/ [ˈt͡ʃip]
  • Rhymes: -ip
  • Syllabification: chip

Noun

chip m (plural chips)

  1. chip (circuit)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “chip”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org