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prechipped

prechipped adjective: having a piece or pieces broken or flaked off at the time of acquisition.

Adjective

prechipped (comparative more prechipped, superlative most prechipped)

  1. Having a piece or pieces broken or flaked off at the time of acquisition.
    • Here are prechipped, prescratched treasures -- medicine chests, porcelain dishes, canisters -- as if we are too impatient today to wear out our belongings ourselves.1994 March 6, Amy Spindler, “Seeing a City in the Windows of Its Shops”, in New York Times
  2. (usually, DVD player) Coming with a modchip preinstalled.
    • Does anyone in here know of anyone^([sic]) i can buy a prechipped Playstation^([sic]) 2 (new and boxed, opened only for chipping) with the messiah modchip?2001 December 13, -=Ox-E-Genated=- [username], “-=Messiah=-”, in uk.games.video.playstation.forsale (Usenet)

Forms of prechipped

comparativemore prechipped
superlativemost prechipped

Origin of prechipped

From pre- + chipped.

Questions about prechipped

What does prechipped mean?
Prechipped means having a piece or pieces broken or flaked off at the time of acquisition.
What part of speech is prechipped?
Prechipped is an adjective.

Words near prechipped in the dictionary

  1. prechildhood
  2. prechill
  3. prechilled
  4. prechilling
  5. prechills
  6. prechipped
  7. prechlorination
  8. prechlorinations
  9. prechloroform
  10. prechoanal
  11. prechoice

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