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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHIP, CHEAP, CHIPPING, in the names of places, imply a market; from Sax. Ceapan, cypan, to buy or sell. [See Cheap.]
CHIP, n.
1. A piece of wood or other substance, separated from a body by cutting instrument, particularly by an ax. It is used also for a piece of stone separated by a chisel or other instrument, in hewing.
2. A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.
CHIP, v.t. To cut into small pieces, or chips; to diminish by cutting away a little at a time, or in small pieces; to hew.
CHIP, v.i. To break or fly off in small pieces, as in potters ware.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap]
2: a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
3: a piece of dried bovine dung [syn: chip, cow chip, cow dung, buffalo chip]
4: a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat [syn: chip, crisp, potato chip, Saratoga chip]
5: a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something [syn: check, chip]
6: a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling [syn: chip, 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 [syn: chip, microchip, micro chip, silicon chip, microprocessor chip]
8: (golf) a low running approach shot [syn: chip, chip shot]
9: the act of chipping something [syn: chip, chipping, splintering] v
1: break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped" [syn: chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off]
2: cut a nick into [syn: nick, chip]
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" [syn: chip, knap, cut off, break off]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old English -cippian Date: 14th century 1. a. a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off b. a small piece of food: as (1) a small thin slice of food; especially potato chip (2) french fry (3) a small cone-shaped bit of food often used for baking <chocolate chips> 2. something small, worthless, or trivial 3. a. one of the counters used as a token for money in poker and other games b. plural money — used especially in the phrase in the chips c. something valuable that can be used for advantage in negotiation or trade <a bargaining chip> 4. a piece of dried dung — usually used in combination <cow chip> 5. a flaw left after a chip has been broken off 6. a. integrated circuit b. a small wafer of semiconductor material that forms the base for an integrated circuit 7. chip shot 1 II. verb (chipped; chipping) Etymology: Middle English chippen, from Old English -cippian (as in forcippian to cut off); akin to Old English cipp beam, Old High German chipfa stave Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to cut or hew with an edged tool b. (1) to cut or break (a small piece) from something (2) to cut or break a fragment from <chip a tooth> (3) to cut into chips <chip a tree stump> 2. British chaff, banter 3. to hit (a return in tennis) with backspin intransitive verb 1. to break off in small pieces 2. to play a chip shot

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a small piece removed by or in the course of chopping, cutting, or breaking, esp. from hard material such as wood or stone. 2 the place where such a chip has been made. 3 a (usu. in pl.) a strip of potato, deep fried. b (in pl.) US potato crisps. 4 a counter used in some gambling games to represent money. 5 Electronics = MICROCHIP. 6 a a thin strip of wood, straw, etc., used for weaving hats, baskets, etc. b a basket made from these. 7 Football etc. & Golf a short shot, kick, or pass with the ball describing an arc. --v. (chipped, chipping) 1 tr. (often foll. by off, away) cut or break (a piece) from a hard material. 2 intr. (often foll. by at, away at) cut pieces off (a hard material) to alter its shape, break it up, etc. 3 intr. (of stone, china, etc.) be susceptible to being chipped; be apt to break at the edge (will chip easily). 4 tr. (also absol.) Football etc. & Golf strike or kick (the ball) with a chip (cf. sense 7 of n.). 5 tr. (usu. as chipped adj.) cut (potatoes) into chips. Phrases and idioms: chip heater Austral. & NZ a domestic water-heater that burns wood chips. chip in colloq. 1 interrupt or contribute abruptly to a conversation (chipped in with a reminiscence). 2 contribute (money or resources). a chip off the old block a child who resembles a parent, esp. in character. a chip on one's shoulder colloq. a disposition or inclination to feel resentful or aggrieved. chip shot = sense 7 of n. have had one's chips Brit. colloq. be unable to avoid defeat, punishment, etc. when the chips are down colloq. when it comes to the point. Etymology: ME f. OF cipp, cyp beam

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chip Chip (ch[i^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chipped (ch[i^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Chipping.] [Cf. G. kippen to cut off the edge, to clip, pare. Cf. Chop to cut.] 1. To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew. --Shak. 2. To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery. 3. To bet, as with chips in the game of poker. To chip in, to contribute, as to a fund; to share in the risks or expenses of. [Slang. U. S.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chip Chip, v. i. To break or fly off in small pieces.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chip Chip, n. 1. A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument. 2. A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece. 3. Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets. 4. Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously. 5. One of the counters used in poker and other games. 6. (Naut.) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line. Buffalo chips. See under Buffalo. Chip ax, a small ax for chipping timber into shape. Chip bonnet, Chip hat, a bonnet or a hat made of Chip. See Chip, n., 3. A chip off the old block, a child who resembles either of his parents. [Colloq.] --Milton. Potato chips, Saratoga chips, thin slices of raw potato fried crisp.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(chips, chipping, chipped) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Chips are long, thin pieces of potato fried in oil or fat and eaten hot, usually with a meal. (BRIT; in AM, use French fries) I had fish and chips in a cafe... N-COUNT: usu pl 2. Chips or potato chips are very thin slices of fried potato that are eaten cold as a snack. (AM; in BRIT, use crisps) ...a package of onion-flavored potato chips. N-COUNT: usu pl 3. A silicon chip is a very small piece of silicon with electronic circuits on it which is part of a computer or other piece of machinery. N-COUNT 4. A chip is a small piece of something or a small piece which has been broken off something. It contains real chocolate chips... Teichler's eyes gleamed like chips of blue glass. N-COUNT: oft supp N 5. A chip in something such as a piece of china or furniture is where a small piece has been broken off it. The washbasin had a small chip. N-COUNT 6. If you chip something or if it chips, a small piece is broken off it. The blow chipped the woman's tooth... Steel baths are lighter but chip easily. VERB: V n, V • chipped They drank out of chipped mugs. ADJ 7. Chips are plastic counters used in gambling to represent money. He put the pile of chips in the center of the table and drew a card. N-COUNT: usu pl 8. In discussions between people or governments, a chip or a bargaining chip is something of value which one side holds, which can be exchanged for something they want from the other side. The information could be used as a bargaining chip to extract some parallel information from Britain... N-COUNT 9. see also blue chip 10. If you describe someone as a chip off the old block, you mean that they are just like one of their parents in character or behaviour. Her fifth child was born, a son who Sally at first thought was another chip off the old block. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR 11. If you say that something happens when the chips are down, you mean it happens when a situation gets very difficult. (INFORMAL) When the chips are down, she's very tough. PHRASE 12. If you say that someone has a chip on their shoulder, you think that they feel inferior or that they believe they have been treated unfairly. (INFORMAL) He had this chip on his shoulder about my mum and dad thinking that they're better than him. PHRASE: Ns inflect, usu have/with PHR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Hew, cut chips from. II. n. Fragment, scrap, small piece.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A child. A chip of the old block; a child who either in person or sentiments resembles its father or mother.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A brother chip; a person of the same trade or calling.

Moby Thesaurus

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