chip

Meanings

• a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
• a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
• a piece of dried bovine dung
• a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
• a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
• a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling
• electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
• (golf) a low running approach shot
• the act of chipping something
• break off (a piece from a whole)
  • "Her tooth chipped"
• cut a nick into
• play a chip shot
• form by chipping
  • "They chipped their names in the stone"
• break a small piece off from
  • "chip the glass"
  • "chip a tooth"

Synonyms

bit, break away, break off, buffalo chip, check, chip off, chip shot, chipping, come off, cow chip, cow dung, crisp, cut off, flake, fleck, knap, micro chip, microchip, microprocessor chip, nick, poker chip, potato chip, Saratoga chip, scrap, silicon chip, splintering