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单词 blue chip
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blue chipn.adj.

Brit. /ˌbluː ˈtʃɪp/, U.S. /ˌblu ˈtʃɪp/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., chip n.2
Etymology: < blue adj. + chip n.2
Originally U.S.
A. n.
1. A blue counter used in gambling (esp. poker), typically representing a large sum of money. Cf. red chip n. 1a, blue n. 17.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > chips, etc.
red chip1854
buck1865
poker chip1870
blue chip1873
blue1884
1873 J. D. McCabe Behind Scenes in Washington xx. 507 He holds in his hand a stack of blue chips, worth twenty-five dollars apiece.
1904 S. E. White Blazed Trail Stories viii. 146 I reckon I don't stack up very high in th' blue chips.
1975 D. S. Cary Hollywood Posse x. 192 Pots in such games could truly be worth a man's betting his last blue chip on.
2000 J. P. Carinci Better off Dead xxi. 93 He then pushed fifteen stacks of blue chips in front of me, and said, ‘each stack is worth twenty dollars, good luck tonight, pal.’
2. Stock Market. Originally: a company or stock having a particularly high market value. Later: a blue-chip company, stock, share, etc. (see sense B. 2a). Also in extended use.
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > stock > types of
joint stock1615
fancya1652
water stock1675
Bank stock1694
India stock1702
government stock1734
inscription1800
gas stock1820
railway stock1836
common stock1852
floater1871
blue chip1874
trunks1892
traction1896
omnium1902
mummy1903
motors1908
rollover1947
blue-chipper1953
red chip1968
large-cap1982
small cap1984
1874 San Francisco Chron. 5 Jan. 2/2 If times are good and the market flourishing, the game may be played with ‘blue chips’, as a gambler would say, the very high-priced stocks being the favourites.
1892 Los Angeles Times 12 Feb. 1/7 ‘What's bid for 100?’ cried a broker... ‘Run away, little boy,’ answered another..; ‘we are playing with blue chips only today.’
1922 N.Y. Times 6 July 32 (headline) Directors plan exchange of floating supply into Pan-American B at 2½ to 1. Wall Street's ‘blue chip’.
1929 Sun (Baltimore) 30 Oct. 12/2 Agriculture still has too much to reclaim..to become a ‘blue chip’ in the near future.
1954 Economist 20 Feb. 568/2 Tobacco equities seem rather more vulnerable than other industrial ‘blue-chips’.
1994 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 May c14/3 In Wellington, shares scored strong gains, led by some blue chips and a late spurt of overseas-based buying.
3. U.S. Sport. A talented athlete, esp. one who is regarded as an excellent prospect for college sports recruitment.
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society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > players by ability
second string1643
first string1865
all-star1893
finalist1898
qualifier1908
seed1931
blue chip1958
blue-chipper1958
danger man1976
1958 Chicago Tribune 21 Oct. iv. 2/6 The mad scramble to recruit and attempts to get the ‘blue chips’ by all the institutions.
1985 Alcalde (Univ. Texas) Mar.–Apr. 42/2 TCU led the Southwest Conference schools by signing five blue-chips.
2009 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 13 Sept. 54 Ferguson and Williams, two blue chips from the '06 draft, go at each other with Williams determined to make life miserable for Sanchez in his pro debut.
B. adj. (chiefly attributive). Frequently hyphenated.
1. Gambling. Of a game (esp. poker): played with blue chips (sense A. 1); involving high stakes.
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1880 Californian Apr. 313/2 He ran a first-class blue-chip faro game.
1946 Proc. 17th National Convent. Oil Workers Internat. Union, C.I.O. 124/1 You and I know that no one can sit in a blue chip poker game with pennies.
2011 R. Koppel Investing & Irrational Mind i. 11 These yearly red-carpet events..brought together quants and professional poker players..to play high-stakes, blue-chip poker.
2. Stock Market.
a. Of a public company, stock, etc.: considered to be a reliable investment; that is one of the safest on the stock market; particularly highly regarded or financially sound.
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [adjective] > types of securities > types of stock
rigged1826
flat1841
watered1865
sticky1866
weak1875
washed1886
blue chip1894
pawned1903
stripped1979
1894 Chicago Tribune 7 May 9/6 The blue chip stock sugar continues to furnish the main motive for keeping the Stock Exchange open these days.
1931 Financial Times 1 Apr. 3/1 Downward readjustment of dividends will influence ‘blue chip’ Industrial shares.
1934 Ada (Okla.) Evening News 25 Mar. 4/4 The..high pressure salesmanship that is often found in the so-called blue chip companies.
1962 Jet 19 July 5 In addition to cash, she had 649 shares of blue chip stock sewed to her clothing.
2007 P. J. Lim Financial Planning Demystified viii. 158 Shares of large blue-chip industry giants like Alcoa (aluminum), DuPont (chemicals), [etc.].
b. Of or relating to blue-chip companies, stocks, etc.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [adjective] > other types of company
capitalless1837
merged1839
multinational1854
co-op1872
acquiring1880
syndicated1889
trustified1890
bottom-heavy1895
prospectusless1898
wholly-owned1906
semi-pro1908
not-for-profit1913
blue chip1924
mature1928
geared1930
liquid1930
footloose1939
monoline1958
boutique1968
greenfield1969
me-too1976
semi-professional1976
demerged1980
unbundled1980
multidomestic1982
unorganized1986
1924 Wall St. Jrnl. 12 Aug. 12/2 High-priced ‘blue-chip’ issues were strong right up until the closing.
1935 Economist 17 Aug. 339/1 The result is not a ‘blue-chip’ boom.
1956 Financial Times 24 Dec. 6/1 The £1 Ordinary shares..yield 5.8 per cent., which may be below the blue-chip index level.
1987 ABA Jrnl. 1 Oct. 126/2 The standard ‘buy-and-hold’ strategy for a blue chip portfolio combines growth and low risk.
2009 J. Duarte Market Timing for Dummies x. 149 The Nasdaq 100 Index..is a growth-stock blue-chip index that houses the largest 100 stocks (excluding banking stocks) that trade on the Nasdaq Composite Index.
3. In extended use. That is particularly reliable, high quality, or otherwise highly regarded. Also: that is an expensive example of its type.
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1938 Fortune Sept. 92/3 For it is not easy to turn out a top-flight airplane engine... It's a blue-chip game where the investment is huge but if you make good the profits are handsome.
1951 Los Angeles Times 3 Jan. iv. 1/7 The pressure from alumni on blue chip athletes is terrific all over the country.
1957 R. Powell Philadelphian 185 One of the gilt-edged prep schools..or even the blue-chip ones.
1970 Chicago Tribune 4 Sept. i. 15/5 An Emma Lathen detection novel is blue chip.
2003 Time Out N.Y. 13 Feb. 120/1 Even recent blue-chip acts such as Beth Orton and Chemical Brothers are said to be ‘underperforming’ for Astralwerks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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