chip meaning and definition

CHIP noun

Definition of chip (noun)

1. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
   • "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
   • synonyms: bit, flake, fleck, scrap
2. a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
3. a piece of dried bovine dung
   • synonyms: buffalo chip, cow chip, cow dung
4. a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
   • synonyms: crisp, potato chip, Saratoga chip
5. a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
   • synonyms: check
6. a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling
   • synonyms: poker chip
7. electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
   • synonyms: micro chip, microchip, microprocessor chip, silicon chip
8. (golf) a low running approach shot
   • synonyms: chip shot
9. the act of chipping something
   • synonyms: chipping, splintering

CHIP verb

Definition of chip (verb)

1. break off (a piece from a whole)
   • "Her tooth chipped"
   • synonyms: break away, break off, chip off, come off
2. cut a nick into
   • synonyms: nick
3. play a chip shot
4. form by chipping
   • "They chipped their names in the stone"
5. break a small piece off from
   • "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
   • synonyms: break off, cut off, knap