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单词 chip and charge
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chip and chargeadj.n.

Brit. /ˌtʃɪp (ə)n(d) ˈtʃɑːdʒ/, U.S. /ˌtʃɪp (ə)n ˈtʃɑrdʒ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chip v.1, and conj.1, charge v.
Etymology: < chip v.1 + and conj.1 + charge v.
Tennis.
A. adj.
attributive. Denoting an attacking style of play in which the player approaches the net behind a sliced shot (usually a return of serve). Cf. serve and volley adj.
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1981 Guardian 12 Dec. 22/6 Chip and charge tactics off short balls worked occasionally.
1999 Times of India 3 Feb. 24/4 He..launched into his chip-and-charge game straightaway.
2016 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 29 July s1 A couple of chip-and-charge points that caught Donaldson off guard.
B. n.
An attacking style of play in which the player approaches the net behind a sliced shot (usually a return of serve). Cf. serve and volley n.
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1987 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 26 May In Rome he gave me a lesson in chip and charge.
1992 Daily Mail (Nexis) 1 July 46 Navratilova broke her opponent's serve.., adopting the old favourite tactic of chip and charge.
2007 R. Antoun Women's Tennis Tactics ii. 64 The chip and charge was made famous by such greats as..Billie Jean King, who regularly approached the net behind a sliced backhand..return.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

> as lemmas

to chip and charge
P2. Tennis. to chip and charge: to approach the net behind a sliced shot (usually a return of serve).Occasionally as a compound verb, as in he chip-and-charged.
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1980 N.Y. Times 2 July a25/6 On grass, you were chipping and charging.
2012 Guardian (Nexis) 21 Jan. 12 He chipped and charged, deftly caressing shots to all angles and occasionally exploding with youthful power.
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