Definition of 'chip'

Noun

1. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
      Synonyms: bit flake fleck scrap
2. a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
3. a piece of dried bovine dung
      Synonyms: cow chip cow dung buffalo chip
4. a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
      Synonyms: crisp potato chip Saratoga chip
5. a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
      Synonyms: check
6. a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling
      Synonyms: 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
      Synonyms: microchip micro chip silicon chip
8. a low running approach shot
      Synonyms: chip shot
9. the act of chipping something
      Synonyms: chipping splintering

Verb

1. break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"
      Synonyms: chip off come off break away break off
2. cut a nick into
      Synonyms: 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"
      Synonyms: knap cut off break off

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