'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
noun
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
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]
Synonyms of 'chip'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrade,
- abrasion,
- air,
- bark,
- bit,
- blemish,
- bloody,
- breach,
- break,
- break in,
- breakage,
- bubble,
- burn,
- burst,
- bust,
- butt,
- chafe,
- chaff,
- check,
- cheep,
- chime in,
- chip in,
- chipper,
- chirm,
- chirrup,
- chisel,
- chitter,
- chunk,
- claw,
- cleft,
- clip,
- clipping,
- cobweb,
- collop,
- concussion,
- contribute,
- cork,
- counter,
- crack,
- crackle,
- craze,
- crumb,
- cut,
- cutting,
- dandruff,
- dollop,
- down,
- dust,
- end,
- ether,
- exfoliate,
- fairy,
- feather,
- fissure,
- flake,
- flash burn,
- floccule,
- flocculus,
- flock,
- flue,
- fluff,
- foam,
- fracture,
- fragment,
- fray,
- frazzle,
- fret,
- froth,
- fuzz,
- gall,
- gap,
- gash,
- gob,
- gobbet,
- gossamer,
- hew,
- hunk,
- hurt,
- incise,
- incision,
- injure,
- injury,
- intercede,
- interfere,
- interpose,
- interrupt,
- intrude,
- lacerate,
- laceration,
- lesion,
- lump,
- maim,
- make mincemeat of,
- marker,
- maul,
- modicum,
- moiety,
- morceau,
- morsel,
- mortal wound,
- mote,
- mutilate,
- mutilation,
- nip,
- paring,
- participate,
- particle,
- patch,
- peep,
- piece,
- pierce,
- plaque,
- puncture,
- rasher,
- rend,
- rent,
- rift,
- rip,
- run,
- rupture,
- savage,
- scald,
- scale,
- scoop,
- scorch,
- scotch,
- scrap,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- scuff,
- scurf,
- second-degree burn,
- shard,
- shaving,
- shiver,
- shred,
- skin,
- slash,
- slice,
- slit,
- sliver,
- smithereen,
- snack,
- snap,
- snatch,
- snick,
- snip,
- snippet,
- sore,
- splinter,
- split,
- sponge,
- sprain,
- spume,
- stab,
- stab wound,
- stick,
- stitch,
- strain,
- straw,
- stump,
- tag,
- tatter,
- tear,
- third-degree burn,
- thistledown,
- token,
- trauma,
- traumatize,
- tweedle,
- tweet,
- twitter,
- whittle,
- wound,
- wounds immedicable,
- wrench
Words containing 'Chip'
- Chipped,
- Chipping,
- Chips,
- To chip in,
- chip at,
- chip in,
- chip off,
- Buffalo chips,
- Chip ax,
- Chip bonnet,
- Chip hat,
- Chipping bird,
- Chipping squirrel,
- Potato chips,
- Saratoga chips,
- bargaining chip,
- blue chip,
- buffalo chip,
- chip away,
- chip away at,
- chip shot,
- chipping sparrow,
- corn chip,
- cow chip,
- dna chip,
- fish and chips,
- gene chip,
- memory chip,
- micro chip,
- microprocessor chip,
- poker chip,
- potato chip,
- saratoga chip,
- silicon chip,
- tortilla chip,
- A chip off the old block,
- Log-chip,
- blue-chip,
- cash in one's chips,
- chip off the old block,
- chip-chap,
- chocolate chip cookie,
- blue-chip stock,
- read-only memory chip