chip (n.)

  1. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; a bit of rock caught him in the eye

    [ Syn: bit , flake , fleck , scrap ]

  2. a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line

  3. a piece of dried bovine dung

    [ Syn: cow chip , cow dung , buffalo chip ]

  4. a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

    [ Syn: crisp , potato chip , saratoga chip ]

  5. a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something

    [ Syn: check ]

  6. a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling

    [ Syn: poker chip ]

  7. electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit

    [ Syn: microchip , micro chip , silicon chip , microprocessor chip ]

  8. (golf) a low running approach shot

    [ Syn: chip shot ]

  9. the act of chipping something

    [ Syn: chipping , splintering ]

    chip (v.)

  1. break off (a piece from a whole); Her tooth chipped

    [ Syn: chip off , come off , break away , break off ]

  2. cut a nick into

    [ Syn: nick ]

  3. play a chip shot

  4. form by chipping; They chipped their names in the stone'

  5. break a small piece off from; chip the glass; chip a tooth

    [ Syn: knap , cut off , break off ]

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