Chip meaning

What does “chip” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“chip” is a noun and verb with 14 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole.

chip

a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
“a bit of rock caught him in the eye”
Synonymsbit flake fleck scrap
a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
a piece of dried bovine dung
Synonymscow chip cow dung buffalo chip
a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
Synonymscrisp potato chip Saratoga chip
a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
Synonymscheck
a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling
Synonymspoker chip
electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
Synonymsmicrochip micro chip silicon chip microprocessor chip
(golf) a low running approach shot
Synonymschip shot
the act of chipping something
Synonymschipping splintering

break off (a piece from a whole)
“Her tooth chipped”
Synonymschip off come off break away break off
cut a nick into
Synonymsnick
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”
Synonymsknap cut off break off

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University