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chip

UK/t͡ʃɪp/ US/t͡ʃʰɪp/ common informal slang uk us
noun (9) verb (5)

noun

1.

a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

  • “a bit of rock caught him in the eye”
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a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something

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a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling

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electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit

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verb

1.

break off (a piece from a whole)

  • “Her tooth chipped”
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2.

cut a nick into

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form by chipping

  • “They chipped their names in the stone”
5.

break a small piece off from

  • “chip the glass”
  • “chip a tooth”
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Phrases

  • all that and a bag of chips
  • all that and a bag of potato chips
  • bargaining chip
  • blue chip
  • blue chip swap
  • brain chip
  • brother chip
  • buffalo chip
  • chip and charge
  • chip and gather
  • chip at
  • chip away

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