chip chipping splintering | the act of chipping something |
chip chip shot | (golf) a low running approach shot |
blue chip | a blue poker chip with the highest value |
chip microchip micro chip silicon chip microprocessor 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 |
chip poker chip | a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling |
chip | a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line |
gene chip DNA chip | a microchip that holds DNA probes that form half of the DNA double helix and can recognize DNA from samples being tested |
memory chip | a RAM microchip that can be plugged into a computer to provide additional memory |
read-only memory chip | a memory chip providing read-only memory |
check chip | a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something |
bargaining chip | leverage in the form of an inducement or a concession useful in successful negotiations |
chocolate chip cookie Toll House cookie | cookies containing chocolate chips |
chip crisp potato chip Saratoga chip | a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat |
corn chip | thin piece of cornmeal dough fried |
tortilla chip | a small piece of tortilla |
select committee | a parliamentary committee appointed for some special purpose |
bit chip flake fleck scrap | a small fragment of something broken off from the whole, a bit of rock caught him in the eye |
chip cow chip cow dung buffalo chip | a piece of dried bovine dung |
blue chip bluehip stock | a common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable, typically have high price and low yield, blue chips are usually safe investments |
chip away chip away at | remove or withdraw gradually: These new customs are chipping away at the quality of life |
choose take select pick out | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives, Take any one of these cards, Choose a good husband for your daughter, She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her |
carve chip at | engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface, carve one's name into the bark |
nick chip | cut a nick into |
chip knap cut off break off | break a small piece off from, chip the glass, chip a tooth |
chip chip off come off break away break off | break off (a piece from a whole), Her tooth chipped |
chip | form by chipping, They chipped their names in the stone |
chip | play a chip shot |
contribute give chip in kick in | contribute to some cause, I gave at the office |
blue-ribbon(a) select | selected or chosen for special qualifications, the blue-ribbon event of the season |
choice prime(a) prize quality select | of superior grade, choice wines, prime beef, prize carnations, quality paper, select peaches |
blue-chip | extremely valuable, Rembrandt is considered a blue-chip artist |