cash in one's chips
"cash-in-one-s-chips" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cash in one's chips” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To discontinue an activity, accepting whatever gains or losses one has incurred; to give up.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cash-in-one-s-chips · cash in one's chips · English
cash in one's chips · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cash in one's chips |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cash in one's chips” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cash in one's chips is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cash in one's chips, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is cash in one's chips, spelled C-A-S-H- -I-N- -O-N-E-'-S- -C-H-I-P-S.
Definition
- 1To discontinue an activity, accepting whatever gains or losses one has incurred; to give up.
- 2To die.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cash in one's chips appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Looks like these grandees'll have to cash in their chips and quit, but it's a darned shame."
Yesterday the polo-playing executive cashed in his chips at Harrah's to take a post with even higher stakes, agreeing to become president and chief executive of Resorts International Inc.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.