a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.

a very thin slice or small piece of food, candy, etc.

chocolate chips.

a mark or flaw made by the breaking off or gouging out of a small piece

This glass has a chip.

any of the small round disks, usually of plastic or ivory, used as tokens for money in certain gambling games, as roulette or poker; counter.

Also called microchip. Electronics . a tiny slice of semiconducting material, generally in the shape of a square a few millimeters long, cut from a larger wafer of the material, on which a transistor or an entire integrated circuit is formed. Compare microprocessor .

a small cut or uncut piece of a diamond or crystal.

anything trivial or worthless.

something dried up or without flavor.

a piece of dried dung

buffalo chips.

wood, straw, etc., in thin strips for weaving into hats, baskets, etc.

Golf . chip shot.

Tennis . a softly sliced return shot with heavy backspin.

the strip of material removed by a recording stylus as it cuts the grooves in a record.

chips, Chiefly British . French fries.

to hew or cut with an ax, chisel, etc.

to cut, break off, or gouge out (bits or fragments)

He chipped a few pieces of ice from the large cube.

to disfigure by breaking off a fragment

to chip the edge of a saucer.

to shape or produce by cutting or flaking away pieces

to chip a figure out of wood.

Games . to bet by means of chips, as in poker.

Tennis . to slice (a ball) on a return shot, causing it to have heavy backspin.

Slang . to take (a narcotic drug) occasionally, esp. only in sufficient quantity to achieve a mild euphoria.

Chiefly British Sports . to hit or kick (a ball) a short distance forward.

British Slang . to jeer or criticize severely; deride; taunt.

Australian . to hoe; harrow.

to break off in small pieces.

Golf . to make a chip shot. ?

chip in,

to contribute money or assistance; participate.

Games . to bet a chip or chips, as in poker.

to interrupt a conversation to say something; butt in

We all chipped in with our suggestions for the reunion.

chip off the old block

a person who resembles one parent in appearance or behavior

His son is just a chip off the old block.

chip on one's shoulder

a disposition to quarrel

You will never make friends if you go around with a chip on your shoulder.

in the chips

Slang . wealthy; rich

Don't look down on your old friends now that you're in the chips.

when the chips are down

in a discouraging or disadvantageous situation; in bad or pressing times

When the chips are down he proves to be a loyal friend.

noun

dent , flake , fragment , gobbet , nick , notch , paring , part , scrap , scratch , shaving , slice , sliver , wafer , wedge

verb

break , chisel , chop , clip , crack , crack off , crumble , cut away , cut off , damage , flake , fragment , gash , hack , hackle , hew , incise , nick , notch , shape , shear , slash , slice , sliver , snick , snip , splinter , split , whack , whittle , bit , chaff , chunk , coin , cut , flaw , marker , money , pare , piece , scrap , shard , shaving , token