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chipped (See chip)

Noun

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]

Verb

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]chipped adj : having a small piece broken off; "a chipped tooth"

User Contributed Dictionary

English

Pronunciation

  • /tʃɪpt/
  • Rhymes with: -ɪpt

Adjective

  1. having a chip (small piece) or chips missing
    a chipped plate
  2. (no comparative or superlative) having had the engine management system upgraded, usually to increase power

Translations

having a chip or chips missing
having had the engine management system upgraded

Verb

chipped
  1. past of chip
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