chip inverb

• 1

  To make a contribution; help in a small way; especially, to pay for a part of something.

  • If we all chip in, we can afford to buy a pizza for lunch.
  • It was England up the right, with Jordan Henderson – back in the starting XI for Kalvin Phillips – chipping in, too, popping up in inside positions to flip over a couple of dangerous crosses.
• 2

  To make a contribution; help in a small way; especially, to pay for a part of something.

  • She chipped in for the gift.
• 3

  To contribute (something).

  • He chipped in twenty for the retirement gift.
• 4

  card-gamesgamesTo ante; to put into the pot the amount of chips or money required to continue.

  • He seemed to hesitate when he chipped in.
• 5

  informalTo interrupt a discussion for the purpose of making a comment.

  • Will Godfrey, director of economics, finance and markets at ORR, chips in: "Reducing cancellations and maintaining punctuality as passengers return after the pandemic is a really vital objective.
• 6

  golfhobbieslifestyleTo put a chip shot in the hole.

  • He chipped in from 20 yards for a birdie.
• 7

  slangTo join in (something); to butt in or contribute (something) to a conversation; to say (something).

  • She chipped in that she had seen the whole situation play out.