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How to use chip in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Chip means a small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material. Example: “The floor of the sculptor's studio was strewn with chips of marble.”

Examples of chip by meaning

nounA small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.

  • The floor of the sculptor's studio was strewn with chips of marble.

nounA damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.

  • This cup has a chip in it.

nounA medallion.

  • AA chips showing duration of abstinence (6 months)2023, Thomas Thurnell-Read, Mark Monaghan, Intoxication: Self, State and Society, page 135

nounA hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical or...

  • The chip in the picture consists of 34 nano-sized wells each of which is capable of housing 24 nl (nano liters) of drug.2007, Elisabeth S. Papazoglou, Aravind Parthasarathy, Bionanotechnology, page 6

nounA deep-fried strip of potato; see also usage note at French fries.

  • Do you want ketchup, mustard, or mayonnaise on your chips?
  • Fish and chips is a traditional British dish.
  • I always say the best way to judge an establishment is by its chips because if you can’t master that, what can you do?2023 July 21, Billie Schwab Dunn, “I Tried Wetherspoons Food for the First Time-I Feared I'd Get Scurvy...”, in Daily Star

nounA shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.

  • Oxlade-Chamberlain saw his attempted chip well blocked by goalkeeper Costanzo at the start of the second half.2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport

nounA small basket used for packaging fruit.

  • He turned suddenly from a chip of strawberries, drew a gold watch from his fob and held it at its chain's length.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 10: Wandering Rocks]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey]...

verbTo chop or cut into small pieces.

  • The workers chipped the dead branches into mulch.

More sentences with chip

  • The chips in the bag of potato chips settled during shipping.From the entry settle
  • I had scampi and chips for my main and a slice of cheesecake for dessert.From the entry main
  • Let's go to Sophie's by the sea; they have the most delicious fish and chips.From the entry fish and chips
  • They watched the game and pigged out on chips and pizza.From the entry pig out
  • Before he realized it, he had nibbled his way through a whole bag of potato chips.From the entry nibble
  • He snarfed a whole bag of chips in a couple of minutes!From the entry snarf
  • I poured a bag of chocolate chips into the cookie dough mixture.From the entry chocolate chip
  • He will never leave her because he is hooked on her chocolate chip cookies.From the entry hooked
  • He's a chip off the old block—quick to anger just like his father.From the entry chip off the old block
  • He wasn't a very talented musician but, when the chips were down, he played well.From the entry when the chips are down
  • When the chips are down, you need to make tough decisions.From the entry when the chips are down
  • If we all chip in, we can afford to buy a pizza for lunch.From the entry chip in
  • She chipped in that she had seen the whole situation play out.From the entry chip in
  • The gamblers cashed in their remaining chips at the end of the night.From the entry cash in
  • In typical Intel chips L2 bandwidth is half of L1 bandwidth.From the entry L2
  • He sat on the couch all weekend eating chips and doing twelve-ounce curls.From the entry twelve-ounce curls
  • There is only one snackery in town which sells bacon-flavored chips.From the entry snackery
  • There's nothing I like more than snacking down on some nice crispy potato chips.From the entry snack down on
  • I ordered a ploughman's, and Rich had the scampi and chips.From the entry ploughman's
  • Blow down this enclosure and do some chip handling before you run this machine any further.From the entry blow down
  • We snaffled up all the chips before Jeff came to the table.From the entry snaffle up
  • He's always stuffing his face with chips.From the entry face
  • We ordered rock and chips to take away.From the entry rock
  • The chip fab will double its production next year.From the entry fab
  • We got stoned and ate four bags of potato chips.From the entry stoned
  • This chip in this disk drive is the channel device.From the entry channel
  • The tomato sauce was splurged all over the chips.From the entry splurge
  • I put chips in my soup instead of crackers. Derp.From the entry derp
  • She's forever eating unnourishing foods like hamburgers and chips.From the entry unnourishing
  • She's all that and a bag of chips!From the entry all that and a bag of chips

Meaning of chip

  1. noun A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
  2. noun A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
  3. noun A token used in place of cash.

Full definition of chip

Questions about chip in a sentence

How do you use chip in a sentence?
Chip is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The floor of the sculptor's studio was strewn with chips of marble.”
What is a short sentence with chip?
“He's always stuffing his face with chips.”
What does chip mean?
Chip means a small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chip (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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