verb
General Slang
chip
CHIP · verb · informal
To shuffle-walk in rhythm behind a band at Carnival.
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Definitions
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A slow marching shuffle done to soca while following a music truck through the streets during Carnival.
“We chip behind the truck all the way down the Savannah.”
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A delicate, high-trajectory strike made by jabbing the foot under the ball, often to lift it over an advancing keeper.
“He spotted the keeper off his line and chipped him from 20 yards.”
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chip In A Sentence
We chip behind the truck all the way down the Savannah.
Origin & Usage
Trinidadian Carnival vocabulary; onomatopoeic of the shuffling step.
People Also Ask
What does it mean to chip at Carnival?
It means to do a slow, rhythmic shuffle-walk to soca music while following a band or music truck through the streets.
How do you chip to soca?
You take small dragging steps in time with the beat, moving along steadily behind the truck rather than dancing in one spot.
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