Chip - Definition

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