chip
noun
[ tʃɪp ]
• a small piece of something removed in the course of chopping, cutting, or breaking a hard material such as wood or stone.
• "mulch the shrubs with cedar chips"
Similar:
fragment,
piece,
bit,
sliver,
splinter,
spell,
spillikin,
shaving,
paring,
scrap,
snippet,
flake,
shard,
skelf,
gallet,
spall,
• a long rectangular piece of deep-fried potato.
• "a plate of chips"
• a tiny wafer of semiconducting material used to make an integrated circuit; a microchip.
• a counter used in certain gambling games to represent money.
• "a poker chip"
• (in soccer, golf, and other sports) a short lofted kick or shot.
• "he made no mistake with a chip and a par putt from four feet to seal victory"
chip
verb
• cut or break (a small piece) from a hard material.
• "we had to chip ice off the upper deck"
• (in soccer, golf, and other sports) kick or strike (a ball or shot) to produce a short lofted shot or pass.
• "he chipped a superb shot over the keeper"
Origin:
Middle English: related to Old English forcippian ‘cut off’.
