Chip
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of chipping something
(2) A low running approach shot
(3) Electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
(4) A small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling
(5) A triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
(6) A mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
(7) A thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
(8) A small fragment of something broken off from the whole
"A bit of rock caught him in the eye"
(9) A piece of dried bovine dung
verb
(10) Cut a nick into
(11) Break a small piece off from
"Chip the glass"
"Chip a tooth"
(12) Break off (a piece from a whole)
"Her tooth chipped"
(13) Form by chipping
"They chipped their names in the stone"
(14) Play a chip shot
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Quotations
- 1993 Jonathan Kellerman, Devil's Waltz, Random House 1998, ISBN 0345460715, page 26:
- "What else? Anyway, here's the genealogy: Charles Junior's only son is Charles the Third - like royalty. He goes by Chip - Cassie's daddy. The mom is Cindy. The dead son was Chad - Charles the Fourth."
- "All Cs," I said. "Sounds like they like order."