chips Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun strips of potato fried in deep fat
   french fries; fries; french-fried potatoes.
   
2. noun a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
   bit; fleck; chip; flake; scrap.
   
   • a bit of rock caught him in the eye
3. noun a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
   chip.
   
4. noun a piece of dried bovine dung
   cow dung; chip; buffalo chip; cow chip.
   
5. noun a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
   Saratoga chip; potato chip; chip; crisp.
   
6. noun a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
   chip; check.
   
7. noun a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling
   chip; poker chip.
   
8. noun electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
   silicon chip; chip; microchip; micro chip; microprocessor chip.
   
9. noun (golf) a low running approach shot
   chip; chip shot.
   
10. noun the act of chipping something
    chip; splintering; chipping.
    
11. verb break off (a piece from a whole)
    break away; chip; chip off; break off; come off.
    
    • Her tooth chipped
12. verb cut a nick into
    nick; chip.
    
13. verb play a chip shot
    chip.
    
14. verb form by chipping
    chip.
    
    • They chipped their names in the stone
15. verb break a small piece off from
    knap; cut off; chip; break off.
    
    • chip the glass
    • chip a tooth

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