chip off

Questions about chip off

What does chip off mean?

chip off means "break off (a piece from a whole)".

What is another word for chip off?

Close synonyms include chip, come off, break away, break off. 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 off a common word?

chip off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.