Definition of chip

noun (n)

• a small fragment of something broken off from the whole (noun.object)

  Synonym: bit, flake, fleck, scrap
  

  source: wordnet30
• a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line (noun.artifact)

  source: wordnet30
• a piece of dried bovine dung (noun.object)

  Synonym: buffalo chip, cow chip, cow dung
  

  source: wordnet30
• a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat (noun.food)

  Synonym: crisp, potato chip, saratoga chip
  

  source: wordnet30
• a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: check
  

  source: wordnet30
• a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: poker chip
  

  source: wordnet30
• electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: micro chip, microchip, microprocessor chip, silicon chip
  

  source: wordnet30
• (golf) a low running approach shot (noun.act)

  Synonym: chip shot
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of chipping something (noun.act)

  Synonym: chipping, splintering
  

  source: wordnet30
• A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• break off (a piece from a whole) (verb.contact)

  Synonym: break away, break off, chip off, come off
  

  Example:
  Her tooth chipped.
  

  source: wordnet30
• cut a nick into (verb.contact)

  Synonym: nick
  

  source: wordnet30
• play a chip shot (verb.contact)

  source: wordnet30
• form by chipping (verb.contact)

  Example:
  They chipped their names in the stone.
  

  source: wordnet30
• break a small piece off from (verb.contact)

  Synonym: break off, cut off, knap
  

  Example:
  Chip the glass.
  Chip a tooth.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To break or fly off in small pieces. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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