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Chips has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

strips of potato fried in deep fat

"I can't wait to dig into a bowl of crispy chips topped with salt and vinegar."

2

plural of chip

"The local news reported that several chips arrested a suspect in the downtown area last night."

3

A carpenter.

4

plural of CHiP (California Highway Patrol officers)

In plain English: Chips are small pieces of fried potato that people often eat as snacks with dip.

"She had an extra bag of chips in her backpack for the road trip."

Verb
1

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chip

"The dog chips at the tree bark all morning long."

In plain English: To chip is to break off small pieces from something hard, like when you accidentally crack your phone screen.

"The old car chips easily when you hit a pothole."

Proper Noun
1

Traditional nickname for someone whose surname is Carpenter.

"The old man laughed when he told the story about his neighbor, Chips, who used to fix fences all day long."

Example Sentences
"She had an extra bag of chips in her backpack for the road trip." noun
"The old car chips easily when you hit a pothole." verb
"The old computer chips at midnight because it ran out of battery power." verb
"Chips your teeth if you bite into something too hard without caution." verb
"He chips the paint off the fence with his pocket knife during the repair job." verb
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