Noun The cup has a chip in it. wood chips were spread over the ground between the plants Verb I bit into something hard and chipped my tooth. He fell and chipped a bone in his knee. The paint had chipped off. He chipped away the ice from the car's windshield. The sculptor chipped away bits of stone. The golfer chipped the ball onto the green. She chipped the soccer ball over the goalie's head. He chipped a pass to his teammate. The golfer chipped onto the green. See More
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Noun
Despite the misses, SoftBank expects to have more cash coming in over the next year, from a public listing of its chip maker Arm. Eliot Brown, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022 Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo announced Tuesday that the administration is preparing to divvy up $50 billion in federal assistance to the computer chip industry, part of a new law known as the CHIPS and Science Act. Chris Megerian, ajc, 6 Sep. 2022 The chip industry is in the midst of a national building boom, with Intel and other large manufacturers spending tens of billions of dollars apiece on new factories across the country.oregonlive, 30 Aug. 2022 Panthers coach Matt Rhule was asked after practice about whether Mayfield still has the chip on his shoulder. Tim Bielik, cleveland, 16 Aug. 2022 Last week, Congress passed a huge industrial policy bill that included $52 billion in subsidies and incentives to revitalize the U.S. chip industry.New York Times, 4 Aug. 2022 During his meeting, the House passed the CHIPS and Science Act, which will provide an infusion of funds for the domestic chip manufacturing industry. Bytal Axelrod, ABC News, 28 July 2022 Samsung reported a better-than-anticipated 21 percent jump in revenue, assuaging investors’ worst fears about the impact of weakening consumer demand and soaring materials costs on the $550 billion chip industry.BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2022 The action plan helped reassure investors, who are wary of the memory-chip industry slipping into another boom-and-bust cycle. Ian King, Bloomberg.com, 30 June 2022
Verb
If the last period of rising interest rates ended up shaking the very foundations of the property market, the current one may chip away at it bit by bit. Carol Ryan, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022 For people with disabilities, who find typing hard, or are likely to make errors, these constant interruptions chip away at our concentration and motivation. Nancy Doyle, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 Any suspension would potentially chip away at that expectation. Scott Patsko, cleveland, 12 July 2022 More progressive Democrats may balk at the plan or more conservative Republicans may try to chip away at the deal’s support. Matt Canham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 June 2021 Scientists around the world have continued to chip away at the genetic underpinning of this heartbreaking disease that steals the mind, leaving the body empty of its former self. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 31 July 2022 Over time, Gernreich would chip away at that, introducing stick-on vinyl patches, thongs, and later advocating for no underpinnings. Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2022 Normunds Mezviets, director general of the Latvian domestic intelligence agency, agreed, saying Moscow’s goal was to chip away at Latvia’s membership in the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Katrina Kepule, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2022 The Sox, playing without center fielder Luis Robert (lightheadedness) and left fielder Eloy Jiménez (tightness in his right leg), tried to chip away at the deficit. Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English; akin to Old English -cippian
Verb
Middle English chippen, from Old English -cippian (as in forcippian to cut off); akin to Old English cipp beam, Old High German chipfa stave