chip – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of chip

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to chip in
Participle: chipped in
Gerund: chipping in

Cognates

See the 4 cognates of chip

Indicative

Present

Ichip in
youchip in
he;she;itchips in
wechip in
youchip in
theychip in

Perfect

Ihave chipped in
youhave chipped in
he;she;ithas chipped in
wehave chipped in
youhave chipped in
theyhave chipped in

Past

Ichipped in
youchipped in
he;she;itchipped in
wechipped in
youchipped in
theychipped in

Pluperfect

Ihad chipped in
youhad chipped in
he;she;ithad chipped in
wehad chipped in
youhad chipped in
theyhad chipped in

Future

Iwill chip in
youwill chip in
he;she;itwill chip in
wewill chip in
youwill chip in
theywill chip in

Future Perfect

Iwill have chipped in
youwill have chipped in
he;she;itwill have chipped in
wewill have chipped in
youwill have chipped in
theywill have chipped in

Subjunctive

Present

Ichip in
youchip in
he;she;itchip in
wechip in
youchip in
theychip in

Perfect

Ihave chipped in
youhave chipped in
he;she;ithave chipped in
wehave chipped in
youhave chipped in
theyhave chipped in

Imperfect

Ichipped in
youchipped in
he;she;itchipped in
wechipped in
youchipped in
theychipped in

Pluperfect

Ihad chipped in
youhad chipped in
he;she;ithad chipped in
wehad chipped in
youhad chipped in
theyhad chipped in

Conditional

Present

Iwould chip in
youwould chip in
he;she;itwould chip in
wewould chip in
youwould chip in
theywould chip in

Perfect

Iwould have chipped in
youwould have chipped in
he;she;itwould have chipped in
wewould have chipped in
youwould have chipped in
theywould have chipped in

Imperative

youchip in
weLet's chip in
youchip in

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam chipping in
youare chipping in
he;she;itis chipping in
weare chipping in
youare chipping in
theyare chipping in

Perfect

Ihave been chipping in
youhave been chipping in
he;she;ithas been chipping in
wehave been chipping in
youhave been chipping in
theyhave been chipping in

Past

Iwas chipping in
youwere chipping in
he;she;itwas chipping in
wewere chipping in
youwere chipping in
theywere chipping in

Pluperfect

Ihad been chipping in
youhad been chipping in
he;she;ithad been chipping in
wehad been chipping in
youhad been chipping in
theyhad been chipping in

Future

Iwill be chipping in
youwill be chipping in
he;she;itwill be chipping in
wewill be chipping in
youwill be chipping in
theywill be chipping in

Future Perfect

Iwill have been chipping in
youwill have been chipping in
he;she;itwill have been chipping in
wewill have been chipping in
youwill have been chipping in
theywill have been chipping in

Conditional

Present

Iwould be chipping in
youwould be chipping in
he;she;itwould be chipping in
wewould be chipping in
youwould be chipping in
theywould be chipping in

Perfect

Iwould have been chipping in
youwould have been chipping in
he;she;itwould have been chipping in
wewould have been chipping in
youwould have been chipping in
theywould have been chipping in

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'chip'

abet, abhor, abut, acquit, admit, affrap, allot, alum, amel, amit, anagram, anvil, apparel, aret, arret, assot, astun, attrap, augur, avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'chip'

chap, chib, chig, chimp, chin, chirp, chit, chiv, chop, clip,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. forcippian "to pare away by cutting," v. form of cipp "small piece of wood," perhaps from PIE base *keipo- "sharp post" (cf. Du. kip "small strip of wood," L. cippus "post, stake, beam"). Sense of "break off fragments" is 18c. Noun meaning "counter used in a game of chance" is first recorded 1840. Electronics sense is from 1962. Meaning "piece of dried dung" first attested 1946. To chip in may come from card-playing. Potato chip is 1859. Chip of the old block is used by Milton (1642). To have a chip on one's shoulder is from at least 1820s, U.S., from the custom of a boy determined to fight putting a chip on his shoulder and defying another to knock it off. Chip in "contribute" is 1861, Amer.Eng.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Germanic *kippōną
4. Proto-West Germanic *kippōn
5. Old English *ċippiander.
6. Old English ċipp
7. Middle English chippe
8. English chip
9. Noun from Middle English chip, chippe, from Old English ċipp (“chip; small piece of wood, shaving”), from Old English *ċippian (“to cut; hew”) – attested in Old English forċippian (“to cut off”) –, from Proto-West Germanic *kippōn (“to cut; carve; hack; chop”), from Proto-Germanic *kippōną (“to chip, chop”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyb- (“to split; divide; germinate; sprout”). Related to Dutch kip, keep (“notch; nick; score”), Dutch kippen (“to hatch”), German Low German kippen (“to cut; clip; trim; shorten”), German kipfen (“to chop off the tip; snip”), Old Swedish kippa (“to chop”). Compare also chop.
10. The formally similar Old English ċipp, ċypp, ċyp (“a beam; log; stock; post”), from Proto-Germanic *kippaz (“log; beam”) (whence Old Saxon kip (“post”), Old High German kipfa, chipfa (“axle, stave”), Old Norse keppr (“cudgel, club”)) is a different, unrelated word either borrowed from Latin cippus (“stake; pale; post”) or borrowed from the same source language as the Latin.
11. Verb from Middle English chippen, from Old English *ċippian (“to cut; hew”) – attested in Old English forċippian (“to cut off”) – see above. See: Proto-Germanic '*kippōną', Dutch 'kippen', German, old spelling 'kipfen', Old Swedish 'kippa'.

Verbs referencing "chip"

Maltese xellef, Maltese ċċippja.

Sample Sentences

  • The workers chipped the dead branches into mulch.
  • Once it [a snowdrop variety] became established, some bulbs were lifted and passed on to be chipped (i.e. cut into small pieces and grown on). [2015 February 7, Val Bourne, “The quiet man of the world of snowdrops”, in The Daily Telegraph (London), page G8:]
  • Be careful not to chip the paint.
  • This varnish chips easily.
  • The fitter was chipping and filing a workpiece clamped in his vise.
  • The fitters were chipping and filing furiously to meet their deadline.
  • Koeman identified Southampton’s third as their finest goal of the game. Jack Cork, the most underrated player at a much-lauded club, swept the ball out wide to Tadic, who waited for Cork to run to the back post before chipping the ball across to him to slam in a deserved goal from close range, despite an attempted block by Vito Mannone. [2014 October 18, Paul Doyle, “Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter”, in The Guardian:]
  • Typically when someone scores a stunning goal this early in the season — it’s only Week 2 — it gets forgotten, or at the very least lost in the shuffle after eight more months of worthy GOTY candidates. Not this year, though, because no one is forgetting Amarikwa chipping Adam Kwarasey from 35 yards out and burying the ball in the top corner. [2016 March 13, Andy Edwards, “VIDEO: San Jose’s Quincy Amarikwa chips, goes upper-90 from 35 yards out”, in NBCSports.com:]
  • In potting the black, he also managed to chip the red off the side cushion.
  • Everyone needs to chip in £1 for George's leaving collection.
  • They chip me about giving that young judy the cross; but I dont care: I stand up to them proper, and tell them that if she hadnt a better right to it than they, she'd be where they are. [1923, George Bernard Shaw, Saint Joan:]
  • That sounded a trivial message, but the man began to cry. 'That's her', he sobbed. 'She was always chipping me about my collars'. [1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:]