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Definition of Chip in
1. Verb. Contribute to some cause. "I gave at the office"
Generic synonyms: Give
Specialized synonyms: Combine
Derivative terms: Contribution, Contribution, Contributor, Giving, Giving
Definition of Chip in
1. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) To make a contribution; help in a small way; especially, to pay for a part of something. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic British informal) To interrupt a discussion for the purpose of making a comment. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To contribute ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive golf) To put a chip shot in the hole. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive cards) To put into the pot the amount of chips or money required to continue. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chip In
Literary usage of Chip in
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"It would please the boys if you could chip in something like that, ... A man who
won't chip in to charity is always an object of suspicion. 1888. ..."
2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"chip in. To join the conversation ; to unite in an effort; to contribute money,
al 870 Just you chip in,— Say you knew Flynn. F. Bret Harte, ' In the Tunnel ..."
3. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann von Helmholtz (1912)
"The number of drops which fall into the water in a second will be the number of
waves which reach our floating chip in a second, and the number of times ..."
4. Hygiene of the Eye by William Campbell Posey (1918)
"Steel chip in I™*. directed attempts at removal of chips and cinders by " handy
men " about the shop. The author is convinced from a long experience in ..."
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