'A chip off the old block' definitions:

Definition of 'A chip off the old block'

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  • Chip \Chip\, n.
  • 1. A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. One of the counters used in poker and other games. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Naut.) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line. [1913 Webster]
  • Buffalo chips. See under Buffalo.
  • Chip ax, a small ax for chipping timber into shape.
  • Chip bonnet, Chip hat, a bonnet or a hat made of Chip. See Chip, n., 3.
  • A chip off the old block, a child who resembles either of his parents. [Colloq.] --Milton.
  • Potato chips, Saratoga chips, thin slices of raw potato fried crisp. [1913 Webster]

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