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noun

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.)

Potato chips, Saratoga chips, thin slices of raw potato fried crisp.

verb

Chip v. t. (past & past part. chipped; pres. part. chipping)

1.

To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.

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.

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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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