Chip | Mean of chip in English Dictionary

/ˈtʃɪp/

• Noun
• a small piece that has been broken off from something larger
1. wood chips
2. chips of stone
• a place where a small piece of something has broken off
1. The cup has a chip in/on it.
• a small piece of candy or chocolate used in baking
1. chocolate chips
2. chocolate chip cookies [=cookies with small bits of chocolate in them]

• a thin, hard, and usually salty piece of food
1. tortilla chips
• a small, flat, round piece of plastic that is used to represent an amount of money in gambling games like poker
• a very small piece of hard material (called silicon) in a computer or other device that contains many electronic circuits
1. computer/silicon chips
• a piece of dried waste matter from an animal
1. buffalo/cow chips
• someone who looks or behaves like his or her parent
1. His son is a real chip off the old block.
• to have an angry or unpleasant attitude or way of behaving caused by a belief that you have been treated unfairly in the past
1. He has had a chip on his shoulder ever since he didn't get the promotion he was expecting.
• to allow events to happen without trying to change them
1. I will run the best campaign I can, then let the chips fall where they may.
• in a difficult situation
1. True friends will stand by you when the chips are down.
• Verb
• to break off a small piece from (something)
1. I bit into something hard and chipped my tooth.
2. He fell and chipped a bone in his knee.
3. She chipped a nail. [=she broke a small piece of hardened nail polish off a fingernail]
4. a chipped cup/tooth
• to break or come off in small pieces
1. China chips easily.
2. The paint had chipped off/away.
• to break off (something) especially with a tool
1. He chipped away the ice from the car's windshield.
2. The sculptor chipped away/off bits of stone.
3. The geologist chipped [=cut] the specimen out of the rock face.
• to hit something with a tool in order to break off small pieces
1. The sculptor chipped away at the stone/marble.
2. There have been endless efforts to chip away at [=gradually reduce] social prejudice.
3. His failures chipped away at his self-confidence.
• to hit or kick (a ball) so that it goes a short distance
1. The golfer chipped the ball onto the green.
2. She chipped the soccer ball over the goalie's head.
3. He chipped a pass to his teammate.
4. The golfer chipped onto the green.
5. She chipped in for par. [=she made a par by hitting a chip shot that went into the hole]
• to give something (such as money) to help a person, group, or cause
1. We all chipped in [=contributed] to buy him a gift.
2. If we all chip in [=help (out)], the work will get done quickly.
3. We each chipped in 10 dollars.
• to add your comment or opinion to a conversation or discussion
1. “He left hours ago,” Sue chipped in. [=chimed in]