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The definition of chip
19 Definitions of: chip
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- noun, a small piece removed by chopping, cutting, or breaking
- noun, a mark left after a small piece has been chopped, cut, or broken off something
- noun, (in some games) a counter used to represent money
- noun, a thin strip of potato fried in deep fat
- noun, a very thin slice of potato fried and eaten cold as a snack. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): crisp
- noun, a small piece or thin slice of food
- noun, sport a shot, kick, etc, lofted into the air, esp over an obstacle or an opposing player's head, and travelling only a short distance
- noun, electronics a tiny wafer of semiconductor material, such as silicon, processed to form a type of integrated circuit or component such as a transistor
- noun, a thin strip of wood or straw used for making woven hats, baskets, etc
- noun, a container for soft fruit, made of thin sheets of wood; punnet
- noun, cheap as chips inexpensive; good value
- noun, chip off the old block a person who resembles one of his or her parents in behaviour
- noun, have a chip on one's shoulder to be aggressively sensitive about a particular thing or bear a grudge
- noun, have had one's chips to be defeated, condemned to die, killed, etc
- noun, when the chips are down at a time of crisis or testing
- verb, to break small pieces from or become broken off in small pieces
- verb, to break or cut into small pieces
- verb, to shape by chipping
- verb, sport to strike or kick (a ball) in a high arc
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of chip