chip in
verb
chipped in; chipping in; chips in
1
transitive + intransitive
: contribute
chip in five dollars
Everyone chipped in for the gift.
2
Examples of chip in in a Sentence
we all chipped in and bought flowers for the secretaries
forgive me in chipping in like this, but I think I know a better way to get to Trafalgar Square
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Evan Bouchard and Leon Draisaitl chipped in two assists apiece.
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Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Spread the chocolate chips in an even layer in the prepared pie crust.
—Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2026
Processing power is in short supply, as tech companies snap up GPUs, CPUs, and memory chips in order to build more data centers and AI processors.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
The latter factor is somewhat beyond its control, because the memory chips in these tuners are yet another category of hardware subject to inflation driven by runaway demand for AI data centers.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
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Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Spread the chocolate chips in an even layer in the prepared pie crust.
—Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2026
Processing power is in short supply, as tech companies snap up GPUs, CPUs, and memory chips in order to build more data centers and AI processors.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
The latter factor is somewhat beyond its control, because the memory chips in these tuners are yet another category of hardware subject to inflation driven by runaway demand for AI data centers.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for chip in
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“Chip in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chip%20in. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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