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Chip Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Chip?
[n] the act of chipping something
[n] a low running approach shot [n] electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit [n] a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling [n] (nautical) a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line [n] a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something [n] a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat [n] a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" [n] a piece of dried bovine dung [v] cut a nick into [v] break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth" [v] break off; of a piece from a whole; "Her tooth chipped" [v] form by chipping; "They chipped their names in the stone" [v] play a chip shot, in golf Synonyms | Synonyms for Chip: bit | break away | break off | buffalo chip | check | chip off | chip shot | chipping | come off | cow chip | cow dung | crack | crisp | cut off | flake | fleck | knap | micro chip | microchip | nick | poker chip | potato chip | Saratoga chip | scrap | silicon chip | splintering Related Terms | Find terms related to Chip: 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 See Also | approach | approach shot | biochip | blemish | blue chip | break | breakage | breaking | carve | chip at | computer | computing device | computing machine | counter | cut | data processor | defect | divide | DNA chip | droppings | dung | electronic computer | exfoliate | exfoliation | flake | flake off | flinders | float | forge | form | fragment | gene chip | information processing system | integrated circuit | matchwood | memory chip | microcircuit | microprocessor | mold | mould | muck | part | peel | peel off | scale | scurf | semiconductor | semiconductor device | semiconductor unit | separate | shape | shoot | sliver | snack food | splinter | work Chip In Webster's Dictionary \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.
2. To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an
eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.
3. To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.
{To chip in}, to contribute, as to a fund; to share in the
risks or expenses of. [Slang. U. S.]
\Chip\, v. i. To break or fly off in small pieces. \Chip\, n. 1. A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument. 2. A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece. 3. Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets. 4. Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously. 5. One of the counters used in poker and other games. 6. (Naut.) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line. {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. |
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