chip

Noun

• the act of chipping something

• (golf) a low running approach shot

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

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

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

• a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

• a piece of dried bovine dung

• a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line

• a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
  • a bit of rock caught him in the eye
    

Verb

• break a small piece off from
  • chip the glass
    
  • chip a tooth
    

• form by chipping
  • They chipped their names in the stone
    

• play a chip shot

• cut a nick into

• break off (a piece from a whole)
  • Her tooth chipped
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  chipping , splintering , chip shot , microchip , micro chip , silicon chip , microprocessor chip , poker chip , check , crisp , potato chip , Saratoga chip , cow chip , cow dung , buffalo chip , bit , flake , fleck , scrap , knap , cut off , break off , nick , chip off , come off , break away