Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of chip.
- n. french fried potatoes; french fries.
- n. Thin-sliced and deep-fried potatoes sold in sealed bags; potato chips, nacho chips, etc.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A ship's carpenter.
WordNet 3.0
- n. strips of potato fried in deep fat
Examples
“Guacamole with tortilla chips is the best afternoon snack in the summer.”
“Unlocking the data stored in sensors and other chips is the business of Axeda, which sells devices that track real-time performance of medical, office, and industrial equipment, and reports back to owners using the Internet.”
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“Two recent postings involve handwriting recognition technology; several others seek expertise in chips for managing displays.”
“Making chips is all about scale, so the bigger your operations are, the better it is for the business, even for those who hold patents.”
“So, until Qualcomm gets an LTE/CMDA combo chip out, Verizon would either have to source the LTE radio chips from a different vendor or wait to provide devices that can travel from 4G to 3G networks.”
“Processing power and cramming more storage onto chips is something that was part of the PC boom, as Gruber so eloquently illustrates in his post.”
“The approach works best in chips for applications such as graphics, encryption and devices such as cell phones, which perform more functions while needing longer battery lives.”
“Grace said ... the more goodies, the better, i say. i'm often tempted to toss in so many additions that the ratio of batter-to-chips is insufficient to hold the cookies together.”
A New Look For Sweet & Salty Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
“Of course, fish and chips is a traditional dish so it would have to be good to get people to change their habits, but stranger things have happened.”
The Guardian: Salt and vinegar powder solves fish and chip conundrum
“He snatched a slippery handful of chips from the ground and threw them at the boys.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘chips’.
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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Behold, The Potato
All things potato. History, foodways and potato recipe names, cultivar or variety names, farming, production, diseases and pests, folklore.
spud, tater, starchy, tuberous, <i>Solanum tubero..., <i>Phytophthora i..., potato blight, late blight, blight, Ireland, Irish potato, lumper and 327 more...
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Cops
police, cops, federales, five-o, pigs, g-man, swat, chips, atf, coppers, fuzz, boys in blue and 74 more...
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Recently sniffed
Don't worry. I won't judge you.
(Inspired by bilby's comment on book sniffer.)orange peel, wet dog, coffee, earthworms, nail polish, liquid soap, horseradish, chocolate, microwave popcorn, empanadas, chimichurri, bike and 39 more...
chained_bear Looking at definitions 7 and 8, I'm thinking I have a list for this, but maybe it isn't a specific enough term. Jul 22, 2008
bilby I'm glad WeirdNet has his/her priorities right. Jul 22, 2008