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| chip [ chip ] |
noun (plural chips) |
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1. small piece broken or cut off: a small piece that has been broken, chopped, or cut off something hard or brittle
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2. crack: a space or crack left in something hard or brittle after a small piece has been broken off or out of it
  This cup has a chip in it.
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3. piece of thin crisp snack food: a very thin crunchy slice of a starchy food, usually potato or corn, that has been fried until it is crisp
corn chips
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4. wafer of semiconductor material: a small wafer of semiconductor material, usually silicon, forming the base on which an integrated circuit is laid out, or such a wafer together with its integrated circuit
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5. token used as money: a token, often a small round plastic disk, used to represent money in poker and other gambling games
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6. dried dung: a piece of dried animal dung, sometimes used for fuel
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7. U.K. long piece of fried potato: a long finger-shaped wedge of potato traditionally fried in deep fat
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usually used in the plural
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fish and chips
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8. wood cut as a weaving material: wood, straw, or other material that has been dried and cut for use in weaving
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verb (past and past participle chipped, present participle chip·ping, 3rd person present singular chips) |
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1. transitive verb break small piece off something: to break one or more small pieces from something hard or brittle
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2. intransitive verb lose small pieces: to become damaged by having a small piece or small pieces break off
paint that will not chip easily
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3. transitive verb hit something in a high arc: to hit or kick a ball or puck so that it travels a short distance in a high arc
The batter chipped the ball over the first baseman's head into right field.
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4. intransitive verb make chip shot: in golf, to play a chip shot
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5. transitive verb carve something by removing small pieces: to carve or shape something by cutting small pieces off or out of it
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6. transitive verb chop something into chips: to cut something up into chips
Will you chip the ice for drinks?
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| [Pre-12th century. < Latin cippus "stake"] |
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cash in your chips
1. to exit a gambling game
2. to die (slang)
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a chip off the old block somebody resembling his or her parents (informal)
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have a chip on your shoulder to feel inferior or badly treated and so act in an oversensitive and resentful manner (informal)
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let the chips fall where they may used to say that you are ready for whatever may be about to happen (informal)
He's letting the chips fall where they may insofar as the negotiations are concerned.
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when the chips are down at a time of crisis or when vital matters are at stake (informal)
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