prechipped

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adjective

Having a piece or pieces broken or flaked off at the time of acquisition.

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Meanings

adjectiveprechipped (comparative more prechipped, superlative most prechipped)

comparative more prechipped · superlative most prechipped

  1. Having a piece or pieces broken or flaked off at the time of acquisition.

    Here are prechipped, prescratched treasures -- medicine chests, porcelain dishes, canisters -- as if we are too impatient today to wear out our belongings ourselves.

    1994 March 6, Amy Spindler, “Seeing a City in the Windows of Its Shops”, in New York Times
  2. usuallyDVD playerComing with a modchip preinstalled.

    Does anyone in here know of anyone^([sic]) i can buy a prechipped Playstation^([sic]) 2 (new and boxed, opened only for chipping) with the messiah modchip?

    2001 December 13, -=Ox-E-Genated=- [username], “-=Messiah=-”, in uk.games.video.playstation.forsale (Usenet)

Origin

From pre- + chipped.

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Cite this entry
APA

prechipped. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prechipped

MLA

“prechipped.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prechipped. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prechipped,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prechipped.

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