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Definitions for Chipping

[1] a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
[2] a very thin slice or small piece of food, candy, etc.: chocolate chips.
[3] a mark or flaw made by the breaking off or gouging out of a small piece: This glass has a chip.
[4] any of the small round disks, usually of plastic or ivory, used as tokens for money in certain gambling games, as roulette or poker; counter.
[5] Also called microchip. Electronics . a tiny slice of semiconducting material, generally in the shape of a square a few millimeters long, cut from a larger wafer of the material, on which a transistor or an entire integrated circuit is formed. Compare microprocessor.
[6] a small cut or uncut piece of a diamond or crystal.
[7] anything trivial or worthless.
[8] something dried up or without flavor.
[9] a piece of dried dung: buffalo chips.
[10] wood, straw, etc., in thin strips for weaving into hats, baskets, etc.
[11] Golf . chip shot.
[12] Tennis . a softly sliced return shot with heavy backspin.
[13] the strip of material removed by a recording stylus as it cuts the grooves in a record.
[14] chips, Chiefly British . French fries.
[15] to hew or cut with an ax, chisel, etc.
[16] to cut, break off, or gouge out (bits or fragments): He chipped a few pieces of ice from the large cube.
[17] to disfigure by breaking off a fragment: to chip the edge of a saucer.
[18] to shape or produce by cutting or flaking away pieces: to chip a figure out of wood.
[19] Games . to bet by means of chips, as in poker.
[20] Tennis . to slice (a ball) on a return shot, causing it to have heavy backspin.
[21] Slang . to take (a narcotic drug) occasionally, especially only in sufficient quantity to achieve a mild euphoria.
[22] Chiefly British Sports . to hit or kick (a ball) a short distance forward.
[23] British Slang . to jeer or criticize severely; deride; taunt.
[24] Australian . to hoe; harrow.
[25] to break off in small pieces.
[26] Golf . to make a chip shot.
[27] chip in , to contribute money or assistance; participate. Games . to bet a chip or chips, as in poker. to interrupt a conversation to say something; butt in: We all chipped in with our suggestions for the reunion.
[28] chip off the old block , a person who resembles one parent in appearance or behavior: His son is just a chip off the old block.
[29] chip on one's shoulder , a disposition to quarrel: You will never make friends if you go around with a chip on your shoulder.
[30] in the chips , Slang . wealthy; rich: Don't look down on your old friends now that you're in the chips.
[31] when the chips are down , in a discouraging or disadvantageous situation; in bad or pressing times: When the chips are down he proves to be a loyal friend.
[32] to utter a short chirping or squeaking sound; cheep.
[33] a short chirping or squeaking cry.
[34] another name for chip (def. 1)
[35] a small piece removed by chopping, cutting, or breaking
[36] a mark left after a small piece has been chopped, cut, or broken off something
[37] (in some games) a counter used to represent money
[38] a thin strip of potato fried in deep fat
[39] US and Canadian a very thin slice of potato fried and eaten cold as a snack Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): crisp
[40] a small piece or thin slice of food
[41] 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
[42] electronics a tiny wafer of semiconductor material, such as silicon, processed to form a type of integrated circuit or component such as a transistor
[43] a thin strip of wood or straw used for making woven hats, baskets, etc
[44] NZ a container for soft fruit, made of thin sheets of wood; punnet
[45] cheap as chips British informal inexpensive; good value
[46] chip off the old block informal a person who resembles one of his or her parents in behaviour
[47] have a chip on one's shoulder informal to be aggressively sensitive about a particular thing or bear a grudge
[48] have had one's chips British informal to be defeated, condemned to die, killed, etc
[49] when the chips are down informal at a time of crisis or testing
[50] to break small pieces from or become broken off in small pieces will the paint chip?
[51] (tr) to break or cut into small pieces to chip ice
[52] (tr) to shape by chipping
[53] sport to strike or kick (a ball) in a high arc

Words related to Chipping

chipsplinter, chop, nick, crack, hack, whack, gash, slice, crumble, clip, fragment, split, chisel, damage, flake, incise, break, shape, hew, whittle

Words nearby Chipping

chipchinwangtao, chiné, chioggia, chionodoxa, chios, chip, chip and dip, chip and pin, chip basket, chip carving, chip graft

Origin of Chipping

2First recorded in 1880–85; variant of cheep

Other words from Chipping

chip·pa·ble , adjective
un·chip·pa·ble , adjective

Word origin for Chipping

Old English cipp (n), cippian (vb), of obscure origin

Synonyms for Chipping

chop, crack, hack, nick, splinter, whack, break, chisel, clip, crumble, damage, flake, fragment, gash, hackle, hew, incise, notch, shape, shear, slash, slice, sliver, snick, snip, split, whittle, crack off, cut away, cut off