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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With Houser turning in his shortest outing of the season, Vitello leaned on left-hander Sam Hentges (1 1/3 innings), JT Brubaker (one inning) and Ryan Borucki (two innings) to all chip in an inning apiece.
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 31 May 2026
Illinois-Chicago recruit Dominic Battista smashed a two-run homer among two hits for Oswego East (16-18), while Noah Deist had two hits and two RBIs and Niko Villacci chipped in with two hits and two runs.
—Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Acer is using the chips in the Predator Atlas 8, which features an 8-inch 120 Hz touch screen.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026
The thermal management problem An HBM is a memory chip in which multiple DRAM dies are stacked vertically in a 3D layout.
—Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 31 May 2026
Illinois-Chicago recruit Dominic Battista smashed a two-run homer among two hits for Oswego East (16-18), while Noah Deist had two hits and two RBIs and Niko Villacci chipped in with two hits and two runs.
—Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Acer is using the chips in the Predator Atlas 8, which features an 8-inch 120 Hz touch screen.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026
The thermal management problem An HBM is a memory chip in which multiple DRAM dies are stacked vertically in a 3D layout.
—Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
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“Chip in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chip%20in. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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