Chip Definition
chĭp
chipped, chipping, chips
noun
chips
A small, thin piece of wood, stone, etc., cut or broken off.
Webster's New World
A place where a small piece has been chipped off.
A chip on the edge of a plate.
Webster's New World
Money.
American Heritage
One of the small, round disks or counters used in poker and other gambling games as a token for money.
Webster's New World
Wood, palm leaf, or straw split and woven into bonnets, hats, etc.
Webster's New World
verb
chipped, chipping, chips
To cut or chop with an ax or other sharp tool.
Webster's New World
To cheep, as a bird.
American Heritage
To break off in small pieces.
This paint chips easily.
Webster's New World
To lose or be inherently subject to losing a small part or parts of itself.
The plate will chip easily.
Webster's New World
To break or cut off (a small piece or pieces)
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pronoun
A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles.
Wiktionary
idiom
chip off the old block
- A child whose appearance or character closely resembles that of one or the other parent.
American Heritage
chip on (one's) shoulder
- A habitually hostile or combative attitude.
American Heritage
when the chips are down
- At a critical or difficult time.
American Heritage
cash in one's chips
- to turn in one's chips for their equivalent in money
- to die
Webster's New World
chip away (at)
- to accomplish or deal with (something) a little at a time
to chip away at a long-term project
- to gradually reduce or lessen (something)
competitors chipped away at our annual profits
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Chip
Origin of Chip
Middle English from Old English cyp beam from Latin cippus
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Imitative
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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