chip, v.³ — Green’s Dictionary of Slang (original) (raw)
chip v.3
[ety. unknown; ? link to UK dial. chip, to step down or to SE ship out, to leave]
1. (orig. UK black) to leave, to depart, to go somewhere.
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R. Hewitt White Talk Black Talk 129: chip – to take one’s leave. |
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(con. 1979–80) A. Wheatle Brixton Rock (2004) 52: What happened to my paps? [...] I bet he chipped. |
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B. Hare Urban Grimshaw 73: Come on, Chop [...] We have to chip, quick time, before the scuffers come. |
2. (W.I., Trin.) to move and sway in time to music.
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R. Antoni Carnival 155: Pushing the cart, we walked. Chipping in time to the soca. [Ibid.] 164: All two thousand of us, chipping together to the soca. |
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