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Meaning of chip

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  chip
      n 1: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a
           bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: {bit}, {chip},
           {flake}, {fleck}, {scrap}]
      2: a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
      3: a piece of dried bovine dung [syn: {chip}, {cow chip}, {cow
         dung}, {buffalo chip}]
      4: a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat [syn: {chip},
         {crisp}, {potato chip}, {Saratoga chip}]
      5: a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken
         off of something [syn: {check}, {chip}]
      6: a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when
         gambling [syn: {chip}, {poker chip}]
      7: electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a
         silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of
         electronic functions in an integrated circuit [syn: {chip},
         {microchip}, {micro chip}, {silicon chip}, {microprocessor
         chip}]
      8: (golf) a low running approach shot [syn: {chip}, {chip shot}]
      9: the act of chipping something [syn: {chip}, {chipping},
         {splintering}]
      v 1: break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped" [syn:
           {chip}, {chip off}, {come off}, {break away}, {break off}]
      2: cut a nick into [syn: {nick}, {chip}]
      3: play a chip shot
      4: form by chipping; "They chipped their names in the stone"
      5: break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a
         tooth" [syn: {chip}, {knap}, {cut off}, {break off}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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