chip

A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.

• The floor of the sculptor's studio was strewn with chips of marble.

A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.

• This cup has a chip in it.

A token used in place of cash.

• If the second player does raise three chips, and all the other players drop, the player who opened may stay in by putting three more chips in the pot, for then he will have put in precisely as many chips as the second player.

A medallion.

• AA chips showing duration of abstinence (6 months)

A sovereign (the coin).datedslang

A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate; a microchip.

• 1986 September 1, Tom Moran, Lisa L. Spiegelman, New Chip Said to Contain Seven PC AT Chip Functions, InfoWorld, page 5, But sources close to the company said the chip contains two direct memory access controllers, two interrupt controllers

A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical or biochemical devices.

• 2002, Koji Ikuta, Atsushi Takahashi, Kota Ikeda, Shoji Maruo, User-Assembly Fully Integrated Micro Chemical Laboratory Using Biochemical IC Chips for Wearable/Implantable Applications, Yoshinobu Baba, Shuichi Shoji, Albert van den Berg (edi

A deep-fried strip of potato; see also usage note at French fries.AustraliaIrelandNew-Zealand

• Do you want ketchup, mustard, or mayonnaise on your chips?
• Fish and chips is a traditional British dish.

A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, a crisp; occasionally a similar fried slice of another vegetable or dried fruit.AustraliaCanadaNew-Zealand

• They made their own potato chips from scratch... He ate a tortilla chip with guac... served with a side of apple chips...

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.

• Oxlade-Chamberlain saw his attempted chip well blocked by goalkeeper Costanzo at the start of the second half.

To chop or cut into small pieces.transitive

• The workers chipped the dead branches into mulch.

To break small pieces from.transitive

• Be careful not to chip the paint.

To become chipped.intransitive

• This varnish chips easily.

To chisel (something), to chisel on (something).dialectaltransitive

• The fitter was chipping and filing a workpiece clamped in his vise.

To use a chisel.dialectalintransitive

• The fitters were chipping and filing furiously to meet their deadline.

To strike or play (the ball or other implement) as a chip shot.transitive

• Koeman identified Southampton’s third as their finest goal of the game. Jack Cork, the most underrated player at a much-lauded club, swept the ball out wide to Tadic, who waited for Cork to run to the back post before chipping the ball acro

To beat (an opposing player) by use of a chip shot, such as by looping the ball over the head of the opposing goalkeeper.transitive

• Typically when someone scores a stunning goal this early in the season — it’s only Week 2 — it gets forgotten, or at the very least lost in the shuffle after eight more months of worthy GOTY candidates. Not this year, though, because no one

To move (a ball) a relatively short distance by means of an oblique contact.transitive

• In potting the black, he also managed to chip the red off the side cushion.

To fit (an animal) with a microchip.informaltransitive

To upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.transitive

To leave.UKintransitiveslang

• ‘Lloyd, I’m gonna chip.’ ‘You just got here!’ ‘I know–but I gotta chip. Got shit to do.’