1. (

• bit ,
• chip ,
• flake ,
• fleck ,
• scrap

) a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" ;

2. (

• chip ,

) a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line ;

3. (

• chip ,
• cow_chip ,
• cow_dung ,
• buffalo_chip

) a piece of dried bovine dung ;

4. (

• chip ,
• crisp ,
• potato_chip ,
• Saratoga_chip

) a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat ;

5. (

• check ,
• chip

) a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something ;

6. (

• chip ,
• poker_chip

) a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling ;

7. (

• chip ,
• microchip ,
• micro_chip ,
• silicon_chip ,
• microprocessor_chip

) electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit ;

8. (

• chip ,
• chip_shot

) (golf) a low running approach shot ;

9. (

• chip ,
• chipping ,
• splintering

) the act of chipping something ;

1. (

• chip ,
• chip_off ,
• come_off ,
• break_away ,
• break_off ,

) break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped" ;

2. (

• nick ,
• chip ,

) cut a nick into ;

3. (

• chip ,

) play a chip shot ;

4. (

• chip ,

) form by chipping; "They chipped their names in the stone" ;

5. (

• chip ,
• knap ,
• cut_off ,
• break_off

) break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth" ;