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

1 sense of chipping

Sense 1
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