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chip

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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

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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

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