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1 noun∎ familiar she's a chip off the old block elle est bien la fille de son père/de sa mère□ ;∎ familiar to have a chip on one's shoulder en vouloir à tout le monde□ ;∎ he's got a chip on his shoulder about not having been to college il n'a pas fait d'études et il en veut à tout le monde à cause de ça∎ this glass has a chip (in it) ce verre est ébréché(c) British (French fry) (pomme de terre f) frite f; American (crisp) chips f inv, French Canadian croustille f(d) (for games, gambling) jeton m, fiche f;∎ familiar when the chips are down dans les moments difficiles□ ;∎ (silicon) chip puce f(b) (cut into pieces) piler;∎ to chip wood faire des copeaux(c) (shape by cutting) tailler∎ he chipped the ball over the net d'une pichenette, il a envoyé la balle au-dessus du filet;∎ Golf to chip the ball cocher►► British chip basket panier m à frites;British chip cutter coupe-frites m inv;chip pan friteuse f;British chip shop = boutique où l'on vend des frites ainsi que du poisson frit, des saucisses etc;Golf chip shot coup m d'approche roulé;British chip van friterie f (camionnette)enlever des éclats de(plaster) décaper, enlever petit à petit(plaster) s'écailler∎ to chip away at the old paintwork enlever la vieille peinture petit à petit;∎ to chip away at sb's authority grignoter l'autorité de qn;∎ just keep chipping away at him until he changes his mind continuez à le travailler au corps jusqu'à ce qu'il change d'avis(a) (contribute) contribuer□ ;∎ we all chipped in with £5 nous avons tous donné 5 livres□∎ he chipped in with a suggestion il est intervenu pour faire une suggestion□(a) (contribute) contribuer□, donner□➲ chip off(fall off, break off → paint etc) s'écailler(break off) enlever;∎ somebody had chipped the nose off the statue quelqu'un avait cassé le nez de la statue;∎ to chip a piece off a plate ébrécher une assiette
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Chipping — Chip Chip (ch[i^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chipped} (ch[i^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chipping}.] [Cf. G. kippen to cut off the edge, to clip, pare. Cf. {Chop} to cut.] 1. To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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chip away at something — ˌchip aˈway at sth derived to keep breaking small pieces off sth • He was chipping away at the stone. • (figurative) They chipped away at the power of the government (= gradually made it weaker) … Useful english dictionary