单词 | blue chip |
释义 | blue chipn.adj. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). < n.adj.1873 |
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