chip

Speech parts

1. chip - Noun

2. chip - Verb

3. Chip - Proper noun

Meaning

To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.

To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.

To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.

To break or fly off in small pieces.

A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.

A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.

Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.

Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously.

One of the counters used in poker and other games.

The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

crisp silicon chip nick flake bit scrap microchip potato chip fleck shard whittle french fries hew chisel piece
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Antonyms

provide increase base basis middle advantage
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Hypernyms

mar form work separate approach cut

Hyponyms

peel flake scale splinter sliver exfoliate

Phrases with the word

blue chip chip shooter chip off the old block chip on one's shoulder chip on shoulder as dry as a chip

Derivatives

chipped chipping

Anagrams

Pich

Examples

He was not merely a chip off the old block, but the old block itself. Edmund Burke

I may be only a fish and chip shop lady, but some of these economists need to get their heads out of the textbooks and get a job in the real world. I would not even let one of them handle my grocery shopping. Pauline Hanson

Granted, not really a joke, but how often do you get a mic in your hand? You know? So. I am sorry but don't anybody trip on my soap box on the way out. Don't anybody trip over that. And the chip on my shoulder's a little heavy. I have back problems now. Janeane Garofalo

Hew not too high, lest a chip fall in thine eye. Dutch Proverb

Chip neber fly far from de block. Jamaican Proverb

Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Chiot Chiou Chiozzo chip and charge chip and gather chip and PIN