transitive verb chipped, chipping chip′·ping

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

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

intransitive verb

1. 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
2. Golf to make a chip shot
3. Tennis to hit a short, soft shot with backspin

noun

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

Etymology: ME chippe < the v.