'Chip' definitions:

Definition of 'chip'

(from WordNet)
noun
A small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap]
noun
A triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
noun
A piece of dried bovine dung [syn: chip, cow chip, cow dung, buffalo chip]
noun
A thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat [syn: chip, crisp, potato chip, Saratoga chip]
noun
A mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something [syn: check, chip]
noun
A small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling [syn: chip, poker chip]
noun
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: chip, microchip, micro chip, silicon chip, microprocessor chip]
noun
(golf) a low running approach shot [syn: chip, chip shot]
noun
The act of chipping something [syn: chip, chipping, splintering]
verb
Break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped" [syn: chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off]
verb
Cut a nick into [syn: nick, chip]
verb
Play a chip shot
verb
Form by chipping; "They chipped their names in the stone"
verb
Break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth" [syn: chip, knap, cut off, break off]

Definition of 'Chip'

From: GCIDE
  • Chip \Chip\ (ch[i^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chipped (ch[i^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Chipping.] [Cf. G. kippen to cut off the edge, to clip, pare. Cf. Chop to cut.]
  • 1. To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To bet, as with chips in the game of poker. [1913 Webster]
  • To chip in, to contribute, as to a fund; to share in the risks or expenses of. [Slang. U. S.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Chip'

From: GCIDE
  • Chip \Chip\, v. i. To break or fly off in small pieces. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Chip'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]