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