plural chips
Definition of chip
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a
: a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off
b
: a small piece of food: such as
(1)
: a small, thin, crisp, usually salty piece of food typically prepared by frying, baking, or drying
banana chips
especially
: potato chip — see also corn chip
(2)
: french fry
(3)
: a small often cone-shaped bit of food often used for baking
chocolate chips
c
: a small card displaying a paint color or a range of paint colors available for purchase
fabric swatches and paint chips
2
: something small, worthless, or trivial
3a
: one of the counters used as a token for money in poker and other games
b
chips plural
: money
—used especially in the phrase in the chips The beginning was always characterized by careless haste in the expectation of landing in the chips,…— William Kittredge
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
6a
: integrated circuit
b
: a small wafer of semiconductor material that forms the base for an integrated circuit
8
: microarray
DNA chips
chip off the old block
chip on one's shoulder
: a child that resembles his or her parent
: a challenging or belligerent attitude
chip
verb
chipped; chipping
Definition of chip (Entry 2 of 2)
1a
: to cut or hew with an edged tool
b(1)
: to cut or break (a small piece) from something
(2)
: to cut or break a fragment from
chip a tooth
(3)
: to cut into chips
chip a tree stump
3
: to hit (a return in tennis) with backspin
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