{
    "term": "chip",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/br/broken_chipped_cracked.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a long thin piece of potato fried in oil or fat",
            "labels": "(British English)North American English, British English",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was eating a burger and chips."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bag of chips"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All main courses are served with chips or baked potato."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All he'll eat is chips."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I never cook anything grand—we live on chips and baked beans."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["greasy", "frozen", "oven-ready"],
                "… of chips": ["bag", "plate"],
                "verb + chip": ["eat", "have", "live on"],
                "chip + noun": ["pan", "shop"],
                "phrases": ["and chips", "with chips"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a thin round slice of potato that is fried until hard then dried and eaten cold. Chips are sold in bags and are made to taste of many different foods.",
            "labels": "(both North American English)British English",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a bag of chips"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["potato", "tortilla"],
                "… of chips": ["bag"],
                "phrases": ["chips and dip", "chips and salsa"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a small flat hard piece of food, often like a triangle in shape, made from maize",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "the place from which a small piece of wood, glass, etc. has broken from an object",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This mug has a chip in it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had a slight chip off her front tooth."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a small piece of wood, glass, etc. that has broken or been broken off an object",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "chips of wood"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**chocolate chip** cookies *(= biscuits containing small pieces of chocolate)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The gutted raw fish are smoked slowly over wood chips."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "a small flat piece of plastic used to represent a particular amount of money in some types of gambling",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a poker chip"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "an act of hitting or kicking a ball high in the air so that it lands within a short distance",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She left herself with a short chip to the green."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to die",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He cashed in his chips last summer aged 65."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who is very similar to their mother or father in the way that they look or behave",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be sensitive about something that happened in the past and become easily offended if it is mentioned because you think that you were treated unfairly",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He has a real chip on his shoulder about not being chosen for the team."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be in a situation in which you are certain to be defeated or killed",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to refer to a difficult situation in which you are forced to decide what is important to you",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm not sure what I'll do when the chips are down."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When the chips are down he always finds the courage to carry on."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃɪp/",
                "audio": "ch/chip/chip__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃɪp/",
                "audio": "ch/chip/chip__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: related to Old English forcippian ‘cut off’."
}