chip
     n 1: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a
          bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: {bit}, {flake},
           {fleck}, {scrap}]
     2: a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
     3: a piece of dried bovine dung [syn: {cow chip}, {cow dung}, {buffalo
        chip}]
     4: a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat [syn: {crisp},
         {potato chip}, {Saratoga chip}]
     5: a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken
        off of something [syn: {check}]
     6: a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when
        gambling [syn: {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: {microchip},
         {micro chip}, {silicon chip}]
     8: a low running approach shot [syn: {chip shot}]
     9: the act of chipping something [syn: {chipping}, {splintering}]
     v 1: break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped" [syn:
          {chip off}, {come off}, {break away}, {break off}]
     2: cut a nick into [syn: {nick}]
     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: {knap}, {cut off}, {break off}]
     [also: {chipping}, {chipped}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0