chip

Plural: chips

Noun

a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
a piece of dried bovine dung
a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling
electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
(golf) a low running approach shot
the act of chipping something
A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
A token used in place of cash.
A medallion.
A sovereign (the coin).
A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate; a microchip.
A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical or biochemical devices.
A deep-fried strip of potato; see also usage note at french fries.
A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, a crisp; occasionally a similar fried slice of another vegetable or dried fruit.
A type of shot in various sports.
A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.
A type of shot in various sports.
A light shot with a downward slice, usually played from close to the net.
A type of shot in various sports.
A low shot, usually played at short range around and onto a green, intended to travel a short distance through the air and roll the remainder of the way towards the hole.
A type of shot in various sports.
A very light shot that hits the cue ball so softly that it barely moves an object ball into a pocket without the cue ball going in as well.
A type of shot in various sports.
A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.
A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.
A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.
A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.
A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.
The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.
The smallest amount; a whit or jot.

Verb

Verb Forms: chipped, chipping, chips

To break a small piece off; to contribute.
break off (a piece from a whole)
- "Her tooth chipped"
cut a nick into
play a chip shot
form by chipping
- "They chipped their names in the stone"
break a small piece off from
- "chip the glass"
- "chip a tooth"
To chop or cut into small pieces.
To break small pieces from.
To become chipped.
To chisel (something), to chisel on (something).
To use a chisel.
To strike or play (the ball or other implement) as a chip shot.
To beat (an opposing player) by use of a chip shot, such as by looping the ball over the head of the opposing goalkeeper.
To move (a ball) a relatively short distance by means of an oblique contact.
To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
To upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
To ante (up).
To contribute.
To make fun of.
To leave.

Examples

Be careful not to chip the paint.
Do you want ketchup, mustard, or mayonnaise on your chips?
Everyone needs to chip in £1 for George's leaving collection.
Fish and chips is a traditional British dish.
He needed to chip away at his opponent’s lead with a clever play.
In potting the black, he also managed to chip the red off the side cushion.
The fitter was chipping and filing a workpiece clamped in his vise.
The fitters were chipping and filing furiously to meet their deadline.
The floor of the sculptor's studio was strewn with chips of marble.
The workers chipped the dead branches into mulch.
They made their own potato chips from scratch... He ate a tortilla chip with guac... served with a side of apple chips...
This cup has a chip in it.
This varnish chips easily.

Origin / Etymology

Noun from Middle English chip, chippe, from Old English ċipp (“chip; small piece of wood, shaving”), from Old English *ċippian (“to cut; hew”) – attested in Old English forċippian (“to cut off”) –, from Proto-West Germanic *kippōn (“to cut; carve; hack; chop”), from Proto-Germanic *kippōną (“to chip, chop”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyb- (“to split; divide; germinate; sprout”). Related to Dutch kip, keep (“notch; nick; score”), Dutch kippen (“to hatch”), German Low German kippen (“to cut; clip; trim; shorten”), German kipfen (“to chop off the tip; snip”), Old Swedish kippa (“to chop”). Compare also chop.
The formally similar Old English ċipp, ċypp, ċyp (“a beam; log; stock; post”), from Proto-Germanic *kippaz (“log; beam”) (whence Old Saxon kip (“post”), Old High German kipfa, chipfa (“axle, stave”), Old Norse keppr (“cudgel, club”)) is a different, unrelated word either borrowed from Latin cippus (“stake; pale; post”) or borrowed from the same source language as the Latin.
Verb from Middle English chippen, from Old English *ċippian (“to cut; hew”) – attested in Old English forċippian (“to cut off”) – see above.

Synonyms

bit, break away, break off, buffalo chip, check, chip off, chip shot, chipping, come off, cow chip, cow dung, crisp, cut off, flake, fleck, knap, micro chip, microchip, microprocessor chip, nick, poker chip, potato chip, Saratoga chip, scrap, silicon chip, splintering, French fry, IC, chip, chunk, clip, crumb, crumbling, cutting, fleak, fragment, fries, fry, hunk, integrated circuit, lump, mammock, ort, piece, piecemeal, portion, pottle, punnet, scraplet, slice, snead, snippet, steck

Scrabble Score: 11

chip: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
chip: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
chip: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

chip: valid Words With Friends Word