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 |
bit
chip
flake
fleck
scrap | a small fragment of something broken off from the whole, a bit of rock caught him in the eye |
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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 |
| enable | render capable or able for some task, This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street, The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain |
| 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-chip | extremely valuable, Rembrandt is considered a blue-chip artist |