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{
"term": "chip",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"image": "data/images/br/broken_chipped_cracked.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a long thin piece of potato fried in oil or fat",
"labels": "(British English)North American English, British English",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was eating a burger and chips."
},
{
"text": "a bag of chips"
},
{
"text": "All main courses are served with chips or baked potato."
},
{
"text": "All he'll eat is chips."
},
{
"text": "I never cook anything grand—we live on chips and baked beans."
}
],
"topics": ["Food"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["greasy", "frozen", "oven-ready"],
"… of chips": ["bag", "plate"],
"verb + chip": ["eat", "have", "live on"],
"chip + noun": ["pan", "shop"],
"phrases": ["and chips", "with chips"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a thin round slice of potato that is fried until hard then dried and eaten cold. Chips are sold in bags and are made to taste of many different foods.",
"labels": "(both North American English)British English",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a bag of chips"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["potato", "tortilla"],
"… of chips": ["bag"],
"phrases": ["chips and dip", "chips and salsa"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a small flat hard piece of food, often like a triangle in shape, made from maize",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "the place from which a small piece of wood, glass, etc. has broken from an object",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This mug has a chip in it."
},
{
"text": "She had a slight chip off her front tooth."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "a small piece of wood, glass, etc. that has broken or been broken off an object",
"examples": [
{
"text": "chips of wood"
},
{
"text": "**chocolate chip** cookies *(= biscuits containing small pieces of chocolate)*"
},
{
"text": "The gutted raw fish are smoked slowly over wood chips."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "a small flat piece of plastic used to represent a particular amount of money in some types of gambling",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a poker chip"
}
],
"topics": ["Money"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "an act of hitting or kicking a ball high in the air so that it lands within a short distance",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She left herself with a short chip to the green."
}
],
"topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to die",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He cashed in his chips last summer aged 65."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a person who is very similar to their mother or father in the way that they look or behave",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be sensitive about something that happened in the past and become easily offended if it is mentioned because you think that you were treated unfairly",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He has a real chip on his shoulder about not being chosen for the team."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be in a situation in which you are certain to be defeated or killed",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to refer to a difficult situation in which you are forced to decide what is important to you",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm not sure what I'll do when the chips are down."
},
{
"text": "When the chips are down he always finds the courage to carry on."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tʃɪp/",
"audio": "ch/chip/chip__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tʃɪp/",
"audio": "ch/chip/chip__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: related to Old English forcippian ‘cut off’."
}