chips

C3H4I1P3S1
/t͡ʃɪps/

noun

Money.

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french friesfrench-fried potatoesfries
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Meanings

chips1

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of chip
noun
  1. pluralplural of chip
  2. archaicslangMoney.
nounchips (plural chips)
  1. slangA carpenter.

    I began a new branch of experience by going to sea as a 'chips.'

    1929, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 144, page 462
    1 more example

    But the Saturday-night bottles were not all. The carpenter and cooper, in sea parlance, Chips and Bungs, who were the "Cods," or leaders of the forecastle, in some way or other, managed to obtain an extra supply […]

    1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC

Chips2

proper noun
  1. Traditional nickname for someone whose surname is Carpenter.

CHiPs3

noun
  1. pluralplural of CHiP

CHIPS4

nounCHIPS (uncountable)
  1. InternetabbreviationacronymuncountableAcronym of cookies having independent partitioned state.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounstrips of potato fried in deep fat

Similar
french friesfrench-fried potatoesfries
Broader
potatowhite potatoIrish potato
Also see
french-fried potatoesfrench friesfries

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with chips

tipstripslipseclipseslipsellipsepipssnipsloose lips sink ships
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APA

chips. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chips

MLA

“chips.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chips. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chips,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chips.

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