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The Meaning of chip
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(v. t.) To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.
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(v. t.) To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.
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(v. t.) To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.
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(v. i.) To break or fly off in small pieces.
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(n.) A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.
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(n.) A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.
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(n.) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
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(n.) Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously.
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(n.) One of the counters used in poker and other games.
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(n.) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
Synonyms
bit
,
flake
,
fleck
,
scrap
,
cow chip
,
cow dung
,
buffalo chip
,
crisp
,
potato chip
,
Saratoga chip
,
check
,
poker chip
,
microchip
,
micro chip
,
silicon chip
,
microprocessor chip
,
chip shot
,
chipping
,
splintering
,
chip off
,
come off
,
break away
,
break off
,
nick
,
knap
,
cut off
,
break off
Rhymes
airship
,
airstrip
,
apprenticeship
,
authorship
,
battleship
,
blip
,
brinkmanship
,
censorship
,
chairmanship
,
championship
,
citizenship
,
clip
,
companionship
,
courtship
,
craftsmanship
,
crip
,
dealership
,
dictatorship
,
dip
,
directorship
,
distributorship
,
draftsmanship
,
drip
,
editorship
,
equip
,
fellowship
,
fingertip
,
flagship
,
flip
,
gamesmanship
,
generalship
,
gipp
,
governorship
,
grip
,
gripp
,
grippe
,
gyp
,
headship
,
hip
,
internship
,
ip
,
judgeship
,
kinship
,
kip
,
kipp
,
klipp
,
knipp
,
leadership
,
lightship
,
lip
,
lipp
,
lippe
,
membership
,
microchip
,
nip
,
nipp
,
one-up-manship
,
one-upmanship
,
outstrip
,
ownership
,
partnership
,
pip
,
premiership
,
professorship
,
quip
,
quipp
,
readership
,
receivership
,
relationship
,
rip
,
ripp
,
rippe
,
roundtrip
,
salesmanship
,
scholarship
,
scrip
,
scripp
,
ship
,
shipp
,
showmanship
,
sip
,
sipp
,
skip
,
skipp
,
slip
,
snip
,
spaceship
,
sponsorship
,
sportsmanship
,
starship
,
statesmanship
,
steamship
,
stewardship
,
stipp
,
strip
,
tip
,
tipp
,
trip
,
tripp
,
trippe
,
trusteeship
,
unzip
,
upmanship
,
warship
,
whip
,
winship
,
workmanship
,
yip
,
zip
,
zipp