Chiefly north. [Known in books only since the 18th c.; but perh. cognate with ON. kippa ‘to scratch, pull,’ refl. ‘to struggle, also to make a sudden motion, quiver convulsively,’ also with Du. kippen to seize, catch, ensnare. Relation to CHIP v.1 is uncertain.]
a. trans. To trip up, cause to stumble (esp. in wrestling). b. intr. To step along nimbly, trip along. c. intr. To fall out, to quarrel.
a, b. 1788. Marshall, Rur. Econ., Gloss., Chip, to trip: as, ‘to chip up the heels’: or, to ‘chip a fall’: as in wrestling.
1855. Whitby Gloss., To Chip up, or rather ‘to be chipped up,’ to be tripped up, as by the foot catching a stone.
1876. Robinson, Mid-Yorksh. Gloss., Chip, to trip or cause to stumble.
1878. Cumberld. Gloss., Chip, to trip: a term in wrestling.
c. 1877. Holderness Gloss., Chip, to quarrel. ‘We chip’d oot.’
1878. N. W. Lincolnsh. Gloss., Chip, to quarrel. ‘They chipped about the election for coroner, and hev never spok to one another sin.’
1881. Leicestersh. Gloss., Chip out, to fall out. ‘They chipped out while they were drinkin’.’
