Chip (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
  2. a very thin slice or small piece of food, candy, etc.: chocolate chips.
  3. a mark or flaw made by the breaking off or gouging out of a small piece: This glass has a chip.
  4. any of the small round disks, usually of plastic or ivory, used as tokens for money in certain gambling games, as roulette or poker; counter.
  5. a tiny slice of semiconducting material, generally in the shape of a square a few millimeters long, cut from a larger wafer of the material, on which a transistor or an entire integrated circuit is formed.
  6. a small cut or uncut piece of a diamond or crystal.
  7. anything trivial or worthless.
  8. something dried up or without flavor.
  9. a piece of dried dung: buffalo chips.
  10. wood, straw, etc., in thin strips for weaving into hats, baskets, etc.
  11. chip shot.
  12. a softly sliced return shot with heavy backspin.
  13. the strip of material removed by a recording stylus as it cuts the grooves in a record.
  14. French fries.
verb (used with object), chipped, chip·ping.
  1. to hew or cut with an ax, chisel, etc.
  2. to cut, break off, or gouge out (bits or fragments): He chipped a few pieces of ice from the large cube.
  3. to disfigure by breaking off a fragment: to chip the edge of a saucer.
  4. to shape or produce by cutting or flaking away pieces: to chip a figure out of wood.
  5. to bet by means of chips, as in poker.
  6. to slice (a ball) on a return shot, causing it to have heavy backspin.
  7. to take (a narcotic drug) occasionally, especially only in sufficient quantity to achieve a mild euphoria.
  8. to hit or kick (a ball) a short distance forward.
  9. to jeer or criticize severely; deride; taunt.
  10. to hoe; harrow.
verb (used without object), chipped, chip·ping.
  1. to break off in small pieces.
  2. to make a chip shot.
Verb Phrases
  1. chip in,
    • to contribute money or assistance; participate.
    • to bet a chip or chips, as in poker.
    • to interrupt a conversation to say something; butt in: We all chipped in with our suggestions for the reunion.
Idioms
  1. a person who resembles one parent in appearance or behavior: His son is just a chip off the old block.
  2. a disposition to quarrel: You will never make friends if you go around with a chip on your shoulder.
  3. wealthy; rich: Don't look down on your old friends now that you're in the chips.
  4. in a discouraging or disadvantageous situation; in bad or pressing times: When the chips are down he proves to be a loyal friend.
verb (used without object), chipped, chip·ping.
  1. to utter a short chirping or squeaking sound; cheep.
noun
  1. a short chirping or squeaking cry.
noun Wrestling.
  1. a tricky or special method by which an opponent can be thrown.
noun
  1. a small piece removed by chopping, cutting, or breaking
  2. a mark left after a small piece has been chopped, cut, or broken off something
  3. (in some games) a counter used to represent money
  4. a thin strip of potato fried in deep fat
  5. a very thin slice of potato fried and eaten cold as a snack
  6. a small piece or thin slice of food
  7. a shot, kick, etc, lofted into the air, esp over an obstacle or an opposing player's head, and travelling only a short distance
  8. a tiny wafer of semiconductor material, such as silicon, processed to form a type of integrated circuit or component such as a transistor
  9. a thin strip of wood or straw used for making woven hats, baskets, etc
  10. a container for soft fruit, made of thin sheets of wood; punnet
  11. inexpensive; good value
  12. a person who resembles one of his or her parents in behaviour
  13. to be aggressively sensitive about a particular thing or bear a grudge
  14. to be defeated, condemned to die, killed, etc
  15. at a time of crisis or testing
verb chips, chipping or chipped
  1. to break small pieces from or become broken off in small pieces
  2. to break or cut into small pieces
  3. to shape by chipping
  4. to strike or kick (a ball) in a high arc
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