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Chip

noun

1.

A small fragment of something broken off from the whole. 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: buffalo chip, cow chip, cow dung.

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. Synonym: check.

6.

A small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling. Synonym: 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: micro chip, microchip, microprocessor chip, silicon chip.

8.

(golf) a low running approach shot. Synonym: chip shot.

9.

The act of chipping something. Synonyms: chipping, splintering.

verb

(past & past part. chipped; pres. part. chipping)

1.

Break off (a piece from a whole). Synonyms: break away, break off, chip off, come off.

2.

Cut a nick into. Synonym: nick.

3.

Play a chip shot.

4.

Form by chipping.

5.

Break a small piece off from. Synonyms: break off, cut off, knap. "Chip a tooth"

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"Chip" Quotes from Famous Books

... hill, nothing was too big for him; Bill did the banking up outside while I built the wall with the boulders. The rocks were good, the snow, however, was blown so hard as to be practically ice; a pick made little impression upon it, and the only way was to chip out big blocks gradually with the small shovel. The gravel was scanty, but good when there was any. Altogether things looked very hopeful when we turned in to the tent some 150 yards down the slope, having done about half ...

— The Worst Journey in the World, Volumes 1 and 2 - Antarctic 1910-1913 • Apsley Cherry-Garrard

... dodge Rifle-Eye," he said. "You stand about as good a chance as if you was tryin' to sidestep a blizzard or parryin' the charge from a Gatlin' gun. If he asks a question you can gamble every chip in your pile that you're elected, and you've got to ante up with the answer whether it ...

— The Boy With the U. S. Foresters • Francis Rolt-Wheeler

... and Will said he dident, and Gim sed do you mean to call me a lier and Will sed he dident cheet and Gim sed he wood giv him a paist on the nose, and Will sed he want man enuf and Gim scrached a line in the dirt and told Will not to dass to step over it and then Will put a chip on his sholeder and told Gim not to dass to nock it off and Will sed if he hit Gim he wood nock him so far he woodent come down at all and Gim sed if he hit him there woodent be ennything left of him but a red neckti, and Will told Gim he was a freckled faced mick and Gim told Will he was ...

— 'Sequil' - Or Things Whitch Aint Finished in the First • Henry A. Shute

... of rage and triumph rose and fell and swelled again. Bentley became the center of a struggling vortex of roaring humanity and found himself tossed hither and thither like a chip ...

— The Vision Spendid • William MacLeod Raine

... when looking for your prospects. Learn the art of companionship. The first essential is fellow feeling. Therefore do not go about with a chip on your shoulder, but with your face a-smile and your palms open to offer and to receive hand-clasps. Sympathize with the ambitions of other men, with their hopes and dreams. Remember that each part ...

— Certain Success • Norval A. Hawkins

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