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1. The act of chipping something
   - chip, splintering

1. Break off (a piece from a whole)
   "Her tooth chipped"; "Her tooth chipped off"
   - chip off, come off, break away, break off
    
2. Cut a nick into
   - 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"
   - knap, cut off, break off

Derived forms: chippings

See also: chip at

Type of: break, breakage, breaking, cut, divide, forge, form, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], part, separate, shape, shoot, work

Encyclopedia: Chip