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English

Etymology

See cracker +? -ers. The South African sense derive their name from their sound and their status as a plurale tantum by association with "trousers". The adjectival sense derives from British naval expressions referring to firecrackers in one's head, originally as "he's got the crackers" and then "he's gone crackers" before the present "he is crackers".

Noun

crackers

1. plural of cracker
2. (South Africa, only plural) A kind of noisy leather pants or trousers.
   • 1849, E.E. Napier, Excursions in Southern Africa, Vol. II, p. 13:

     Sheepskin trousers—which, from the sound they make at every movement of the wearer, are called ‘crackers’.

Adjective

crackers (comparative more crackers, superlative most crackers)

1. (Britain, colloquial) Crazy, insane.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:insane

Anagrams

• recracks

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??ps/

Verb

chips

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chip

Noun

chips

1. plural of chip

   Wow, look at the chips on that motherboard!

   What kind of chips should we get: barbecue or sour cream and onion?

   The diner made its own chips from scratch.

Noun

chips (plural chips)

1. (slang) A carpenter.
   • 1929, The Atlantic Monthly (volume 144, page 462)

     I began a new branch of experience by going to sea as a 'chips.'

Danish

Etymology

From English chips.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?ib?s]

Noun

chips (plural definite chipsene)

1. potato chips, crisps

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English chips.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /??ps/, (rare, especially for the interjection) /t??ps/
• Hyphenation: chips
• Rhymes: -?ps

Noun

chips

1. potato chips, crisps

Interjection

chips

1. shoot, shit! (minced oath)

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /t??ps/
• Hyphenation: chips
• Rhymes: -?ps

Noun

chips

1. plural of chip

Finnish

Etymology

From English chips.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ips/, [??ips?]

Noun

chips

1. (anglicism, uncommon) potato chips

Declension

Synonyms

• perunalastut
• sipsit

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English chips.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ips/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /t?ip/

Noun

chips f or m or m pl (plural only)

1. (Anglicism) chips (American English), crisps (British English)

Usage notes

• Feminine in France, masculine in Belgium and masculine plural in some older dictionaries.

Further reading

• “chips” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Polish

Alternative forms

• czips

Etymology

From English chips.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??ips/

Noun

chips m inan

1. chip (American English), crisp (British English)

Declension

Further reading

• chips in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• chips in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

chips m pl (plural only)

1. chips (thin-sliced and deep-fried potatoes sold in sealed bags)
2. plural of chip

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??ibs/, [?t??i??s]

Noun

chips m pl

1. plural of chip

Swedish

Etymology

From English chips.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ps/

Noun

chips n

1. chips (American English), crisps (British English)

Declension