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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Chief Executive Officer Hock Tan said Broadcom will sell $56 billion worth of AI chips in the fiscal year that ends in October, also falling short of estimates.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
In his keynote, Nvidia's CEO showed off a roadmap, indicating the company already has plans for successive generations of RTX Spark chips in store.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
However, the Qualcomm Dragonwing 6490 chip in Motive’s AI Dashcam Plus offers 12 TOPS of local AI processing power, enabling considerable edge processing, while other versions of this SoC can go up to 100 TOPS.
—James Morris, Forbes.com, 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
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
In his keynote, Nvidia's CEO showed off a roadmap, indicating the company already has plans for successive generations of RTX Spark chips in store.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
However, the Qualcomm Dragonwing 6490 chip in Motive’s AI Dashcam Plus offers 12 TOPS of local AI processing power, enabling considerable edge processing, while other versions of this SoC can go up to 100 TOPS.
—James Morris, Forbes.com, 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
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“Chip in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chip%20in. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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