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difference between sheep, cheap, ship and chip
sheep
sg + pl 1 sheep. 2 fig stupid, weak, timid or stupid. 3 sheepskin. black sheep person of ill repute. sheep's head fool, simpleton. to be a wolf in sheep's clothes fig be a wolf in sheep's. to cast sheep's eyes on somebody throw languid looks for a particular person. to separate the sheep from the goats separate the good from the bad.
cheap
adj 1 cheap, low price. 2 at reduced prices (ticket.). 3 offering low prices (market or home). 4 easy to buy, do, etc.. 5 of little value, common, inferior, insignificant. I hold him cheap / despise or disregard it. 6 bewildered, stunned.
ship
1 ship: boat, steam. 2 vessel (of war), aircraft. 3 crew of a ship or plane. To take ship (for) to embark. when my ship comes home when you win the jackpot, when you receive money.
chip
1 chip: fragment, filings, trimmings. 2 chipped place, a place where you cut a piece. 3 slice, piece of food or candy. 4 chips: potato chips. 5 item for the game. (Comp) chip: miniaturized electronic components mounted on a printed circuit board and that performs specific processing. A chip of the old block as the father, like father like son, this is the father and son. as dry as chips too dry (speech), boring. in the chips to be wealthy. to chip in 1 intrude into the conversation. 2 Amer contribute, pay, take up a collection. to chip off 1 chip, peel. 2 scratching, scraping into pieces. To have a chip on one's shoulder Amer coll be grumpy. to have one's chips have the last chance. to pass / cash in one's chips coll Euph die.
sg + pl 1 sheep. 2 fig stupid, weak, timid or stupid. 3 sheepskin. black sheep person of ill repute. sheep's head fool, simpleton. to be a wolf in sheep's clothes fig be a wolf in sheep's. to cast sheep's eyes on somebody throw languid looks for a particular person. to separate the sheep from the goats separate the good from the bad.
cheap
adj 1 cheap, low price. 2 at reduced prices (ticket.). 3 offering low prices (market or home). 4 easy to buy, do, etc.. 5 of little value, common, inferior, insignificant. I hold him cheap / despise or disregard it. 6 bewildered, stunned.
ship
1 ship: boat, steam. 2 vessel (of war), aircraft. 3 crew of a ship or plane. To take ship (for) to embark. when my ship comes home when you win the jackpot, when you receive money.
chip
1 chip: fragment, filings, trimmings. 2 chipped place, a place where you cut a piece. 3 slice, piece of food or candy. 4 chips: potato chips. 5 item for the game. (Comp) chip: miniaturized electronic components mounted on a printed circuit board and that performs specific processing. A chip of the old block as the father, like father like son, this is the father and son. as dry as chips too dry (speech), boring. in the chips to be wealthy. to chip in 1 intrude into the conversation. 2 Amer contribute, pay, take up a collection. to chip off 1 chip, peel. 2 scratching, scraping into pieces. To have a chip on one's shoulder Amer coll be grumpy. to have one's chips have the last chance. to pass / cash in one's chips coll Euph die.
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