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chips

chips

2 1.0
Thick fried potato pieces eaten hot as a snack or side
  • noun
  • /tʃɪps/
  • UK
translation icon : patatas fritas
  • So things like soda, instant noodles, chips, some bread, some cereals.
  • fish and chips
  • potato chips
  • baked chips

Football season is back, so that means chips and dip is back.

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Examples

  • It's not a bag of salty chips, no.

  • Football season is back, so that means chips and dip is back.

    Bussin' With The Boys

  • This is what happens when you ask for chips in America.

  • Alright, so I got some pizza and some chips. Get me some salt,

  • And then I made chips out of the tortillas.

  • PASS ME THE CHIPS THERE, IQBALS.

    Employee of the Month (2006)

  • SUZI, PASS THE CHIPS, WILL YOU?

    Valley Girl (1983)

  • I GOT SOME CHIPS.

    Julia (2008)

  • HEY, THERE'S VODKA AND POTATO CHIPS BACK THERE IF YOU'RE HUNGRY.

    Death to Smoochy (2002)

  • I ordered some chips to enjoy with my burger at the restaurant.

Synonyms

chip
vschips
  • US
218 1.0

A thin crisp slice of potato fried and eaten as a snack

is the British plural term referring to the food rather than one crisp piece
French fries
vschips
80 1.0

Long thin pieces of potato that are fried in hot oil and often served with ketchup

is the British plural name for the same food rather than the American label
pommes
vschips
1 4.1

Thin pieces of potato fried in oil and served hot as a side

is the common British name rather than this alternative label
french-fried potatoes
vschips
1 1.0

Thin pieces of potato fried until crispy and served hot

is the familiar British name rather than the formal descriptive phrase
fries
vschips
  • US
1.0

Thin pieces of potato cooked in hot oil until crispy and served as a side

is the general British name used beyond fast-food contexts

Idioms

to let the chips fall where they may
  • Informal
6 7.8

To accept what happens and not try to change the result

when the chips are down
  • Informal
3 7.4

When things become very difficult and you must act

to cash in one's chips
  • Informal
1 7.9

To stop working and take the money or benefits available

to cash in one's chips
  • Informal
9.6

To die in a light, not serious way

chips with everything
  • UK
7.6

A common British habit of serving chips with most meals

to had my chips
  • Slang
9.9

To be in a situation with no chance to succeed

to had their chips
  • UK
9.9

To have no chance or choice left

to have one's chips
  • UK
9.9

Be in serious trouble with no way to get out

Compounds

fish and chips
  • UK
10 1.0

A hot meal of fried fish and potatoes often sold to take away

bag of chips
  • US
9 1.0

A packet of thin fried potato slices you eat as a snack

Surface Forms

chip singular
chips plural

Morphology

chips = chip (transparent) = chip + s

Regular plural formation from the noun 'chip'; meaning as plural of the familiar noun is directly derived.

Etymology

Chips comes from the simple idea of a chip, meaning 'small piece', like a 'woodchip'. So potato chips are just small sliced pieces of potato that are fried and eaten.