English

Pronunciation

• chĭp, /tʃɪp/, /tSIp/

  Rhymes: -ɪp

Noun

chip (chips )

1. a small piece of solid material.
2. a token used in place of cash in gambling.
3. a damaged area of a surface where a chip has been broken off.
4. (Electronics) a circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.
5. a thin, crisp item of food, usually made from fried or baked vegetables. (Potato chips , tortilla chips . These products are called crisps in Hiberno English and British usage)
6. (British usage) strip of potato with a square or rectangular cross-section, similar to french fries but generally thicker.
7. (Slang) feces. (Cow chips )

Synonyms

• crisp (5)
• integrated circuit , IC (4)

See also

• French fry
• potato wedge

Verb

to chip (chips , chipped , chipping )

Transitive

1. to break into small pieces.

   The workers chipped the dead branches into mulch.

2. to break small pieces from.

   Be careful not to chip the paint.

Intransitive

1. to break small pieces from something.

   I chipped my tooth!