chip

1. 1.

   break off (a piece from a whole)

   “Her tooth chipped”

   Synonymschip offcome offbreak awaybreak off

   Broaderseparate

   Narrowerpeel offexfoliate
2. 2.

   cut a nick into

   Synonymsnick

   Broadercut
3. 3.

   play a chip shot

   Broadershoot

   golf

4. 4.

   form by chipping

   “They chipped their names in the stone”

   Broadershape
5. 5.

   break a small piece off from

   “chip the glass”

   “chip a tooth”

   Synonymsknapcut offbreak off

   Broadercut

Other forms of chip

plural

chips·

past tense or participle

chipped

present participle

chipping

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chip

What does chip mean?

chip means "a small fragment of something broken off from the whole". That is the primary sense; the word has 14 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chip?

chip has 1 syllable: chip. In IPA it is /ˈtʃɪp/.

What is another word for chip?

Close synonyms include bit, flake, fleck, scrap, cow chip. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chip a common word?

chip is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with chip?

2 words rhyme with chip. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.