English dictionary

chip

noun

Audio pronunciation

Parts of speech

noun verb

Definitions

noun

  1. the act of chipping something

noun

  1. (golf) a low running approach shot

noun

  1. electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit

noun

  1. a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling

noun

  1. a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line

noun

  1. a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something

noun

  1. a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

noun

  1. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

noun

  1. a piece of dried bovine dung

verb

  1. cut a nick into

verb

  1. break a small piece off from

verb

  1. break off (a piece from a whole)

verb

  1. form by chipping

verb

  1. play a chip shot

Example sentences

a bit of rock caught him in the eye
chip the glass
chip a tooth
Her tooth chipped
They chipped their names in the stone

Synonyms

chipping splintering microchip check crisp bit flake fleck scrap nick knap
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