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Chip is defined as to break off a small piece or cut into small pieces.

(verb)

An example of chip is for a piece of china to break off of a china bowl.

The definition of a chip is a thin piece of something broken off, or a place where something has been broken off, or slice or small piece of food.

(noun)

An example of a chip is a small missing piece of tooth.
An example of a chip is a tiny piece of chocolate that goes in cookies.

See chip in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb chipped, chipping

Rare to cut or chop with an ax or other sharp tool
1. to break or cut a small piece or thin slice from
2. to break or cut off (a small piece or pieces)
to shape by cutting or chopping: to chip a hole in the ice
Tennis to hit (a ball) in a short, soft shot with backspin

Origin: ME chippen < OE *cippian < cipp, log, plowshare < L cippus, post, stake < IE base *eipo-, sharp post

intransitive verb

1. to break off in small pieces: this paint chips easily
2. to lose or be inherently subject to losing a small part or parts of itself: the plate will chip easily
Golf to make a chip shot
Tennis to hit a short, soft shot with backspin

noun

a small, thin piece of wood, stone, etc., cut or broken off
a place where a small piece has been chipped off: a chip on the edge of a plate
wood, palm leaf, or straw split and woven into bonnets, hats, etc.
☆ a fragment of dried animal dung, sometimes used for fuel
☆ a worthless thing
one of the small, round disks or counters used in poker and other gambling games as a token for money
1. a thin slice or small piece of food: a potato chip, a chocolate chip
2. Chiefly Brit. French fried potatoes
Electronics
1. a semiconductor body in which an integrated circuit is formed or is to be formed
2. integrated circuit
Golf chip shot
Tennis a shot that is chipped

Origin: ME chippe < the v.

See chip in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A small broken or cut off piece, as of wood, stone, or glass.
A crack or flaw caused by the removal of a small piece.
a. A small disk or counter used in poker and other games to represent money.
b. chips Slang Money.
a. Electronics A minute slice of a semiconducting material, such as silicon or germanium, doped and otherwise processed to have specified electrical characteristics, especially before it is developed into an electronic component or integrated circuit. Also called microchip.
b. An integrated circuit.
a. A thin, usually fried slice of food, especially a potato chip. Often used in the plural.
b. A very small piece of food or candy. Often used in the plural: chocolate chips.
c. chips Chiefly British French fries.
Wood, palm leaves, straw, or similar material cut and dried for weaving.
A fragment of dried animal dung used as fuel.
Something worthless.
Sports A chip shot.

verb chipped chipped, chip·ping, chips

verb, transitive

To chop or cut with an ax or other implement.
a. To break a small piece from: chip a tooth.
b. To break or cut off (a small piece): chip ice from the window.
To shape or carve by cutting or chopping: chipped her name in the stone.

verb, intransitive

To become broken off into small pieces.
Sports To make a chip shot in golf.

Phrasal Verbs: chip away To reduce or make progress on something incrementally: We chipped away until the problem was solved. chip in To contribute money or labor: We all chipped in for beer. To interrupt with comments; interject. To put up chips or money as one's bet in poker and other games.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English cyp, beam

Origin: , from Latin cippus

intransitive verb chipped chipped, chip·ping, chips

To cheep, as a bird.

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Origin: Imitative

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