Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chip

9 senses of chip

Sense 1
bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap -- (a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye")
       => fragment -- (a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock")

Sense 2
chip -- (a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line)
       => float -- (something that floats on the surface of water)

Sense 3
chip, cow chip, cow dung, buffalo chip -- (a piece of dried bovine dung)
       => droppings, dung, muck -- (fecal matter of animals)

Sense 4
chip, crisp, potato chip, Saratoga chip -- (a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat)
       => snack food -- (food for light meals or for eating between meals)

Sense 5
check, chip -- (a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something)
       => blemish, defect, mar -- (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish")

Sense 6
chip, poker chip -- (a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling)
       => counter -- (game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games)

Sense 7
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)
       => semiconductor device, semiconductor unit, semiconductor -- (a conductor made with semiconducting material)

Sense 8
chip, chip shot -- ((golf) a low running approach shot)
       => approach, approach shot -- (a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green; "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green")

Sense 9
chip, chipping, splintering -- (the act of chipping something)
       => breakage, break, breaking -- (the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb chip

5 senses of chip

Sense 1
chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off -- (break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped")
       => separate, divide, part -- (come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated")

Sense 2
nick, chip -- (cut a nick into)
       => cut -- (separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope")

Sense 3
chip -- (play a chip shot)
       => shoot -- (throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball")

Sense 4
chip -- (form by chipping; "They chipped their names in the stone")
       => shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge -- (make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword")

Sense 5
chip, knap, cut off, break off -- (break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth")
       => cut -- (separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope")
          Phrasal Verb-> chip at#1

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