Chip

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Mục lục 1 Noun 1.1 a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking. 1.2 a very thin slice or small piece of food, candy, etc. 1.3 a mark or flaw made by the breaking off or gouging out of a small piece 1.4 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. 1.5 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 . 1.6 a small cut or uncut piece of a diamond or crystal. 1.7 anything trivial or worthless. 1.8 something dried up or without flavor. 1.9 a piece of dried dung 1.10 wood, straw, etc., in thin strips for weaving into hats, baskets, etc. 1.11 Golf . chip shot. 1.12 Tennis . a softly sliced return shot with heavy backspin. 1.13 the strip of material removed by a recording stylus as it cuts the grooves in a record. 1.14 chips, Chiefly British . French fries. 2 Verb (used with object) 2.1 to hew or cut with an ax, chisel, etc. 2.2 to cut, break off, or gouge out (bits or fragments) 2.3 to disfigure by breaking off a fragment 2.4 to shape or produce by cutting or flaking away pieces 2.5 Games . to bet by means of chips, as in poker. 2.6 Tennis . to slice (a ball) on a return shot, causing it to have heavy backspin. 2.7 Slang . to take (a narcotic drug) occasionally, esp. only in sufficient quantity to achieve a mild euphoria. 2.8 Chiefly British Sports . to hit or kick (a ball) a short distance forward. 2.9 British Slang . to jeer or criticize severely; deride; taunt. 2.10 Australian . to hoe; harrow. 3 Verb (used without object) 3.1 to break off in small pieces. 3.2 Golf . to make a chip shot. ? 4 Verb phrase 4.1 chip in, 5 Idioms 5.1 chip off the old block 5.2 chip on one's shoulder 5.3 in the chips 5.4 when the chips are down 6 Synonyms 6.1 noun 6.2 verb

Noun

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.

Verb (used with object)

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.

Verb (used without object)

to break off in small pieces.

Golf . to make a chip shot. ?

Verb phrase

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.

Idioms

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.

Synonyms

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