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chip

30 ENTRIES FOUND:

1chip

noun \ˈchip\

Definition of CHIP

1
a : a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off b : a small piece of food: as (1) : a small thin slice of food; especially : potato chip (2) : french fry (3) : a small cone-shaped bit of food often used for baking <chocolate chips>
2
: something small, worthless, or trivial
3
a : one of the counters used as a token for money in poker and other games b plural : money —used especially in the phrase in the chips c : something valuable that can be used for advantage in negotiation or trade <a bargaining chip>
4
: a piece of dried dung —usually used in combination <cow chip>
5
: a flaw left after a chip has been broken off
6
a : integrated circuit b : a small wafer of semiconductor material that forms the base for an integrated circuit
7
: chip shot 1
8
: microarray <DNA chips>
chip off the old block
: a child that resembles his or her parent
chip on one's shoulder
: a challenging or belligerent attitude

Examples of CHIP

  1. The cup has a chip in it.
  2. <wood chips were spread over the ground between the plants>

Origin of CHIP

Middle English; akin to Old English -cippian
First Known Use: 14th century

Other Food Terms

Reuben, calamari, chuck, curry, edamame, foie gras, hummus, leaven, nonpareil, peel

Rhymes with CHIP

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