Chip
To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.
To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.
To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.
To break or fly off in small pieces.
A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.
A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.
Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously.
One of the counters used in poker and other games.
The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
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Chip Quotations
The English contribution to world cuisine - the chip.
John Cleese
Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.
Joni Mitchell
Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.
Brigham Young
Don't waste time trying to break a man's heart; be satisfied if you can just manage to chip it in a brand new place.
Helen Rowland
If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would not work in a fish and chip shop for three months. Staring at chips is not going to help me in my performance.
Ben Kingsley
In the beginning, though, I have to admit that I did have a chip on my shoulder. I did want to prove everyone wrong. But after I went through the process and came out the other side, it wasn't about anyone else.
Billy Corgan
Wouldn't you like to have an augmented memory chip that you could plug into your head so you don't have to look everything up and remember everything?
Kevin J. Anderson
Manufacturing takes place in very large facilities. If you want to build a computer chip, you need a giant semiconductor fabrication facility. But nature can grow complex molecular machines using nothing more than a plant.
Ralph Merkle
I think the hardest part of writing is revising. And by that I mean the following: A novelist has to create the piece of marble and then chip away to find the figure in it.
Chaim Potok
The Chip also reduces the damage done by bandits. They still steal drinks and cheers along the course, but no longer scramble the paying runners' results. No entry fee, no Chip, no time or place.
Joe Henderson
Chip Translations
chip in Dutch is bikken, afbikken
chip in German is Chip, integr. Schaltkreis
chip in Portuguese is microplaqueta
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