Chipping

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chip \Chip\ (ch[i^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chipped} (ch[i^]pt);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Chipping}.] [Cf. G. kippen to cut off the
     edge, to clip, pare. Cf. {Chop} to cut.]
     1. To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape,
        by cutting away a little at a time; to hew. --Shak.
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     2. To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an
        eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.
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     3. To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.
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     {To chip in}, to contribute, as to a fund; to share in the
        risks or expenses of. [Slang. U. S.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chipping \Chip"ping\, n.
     1. A chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving
        instrument; a fragment.
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     2. The act or process of cutting or breaking off small
        pieces, as in dressing iron with a chisel, or reducing a
        timber or block of stone to shape.
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     3. The breaking off in small pieces of the edges of potter's
        ware, porcelain, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chipping
       See {chip}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chip
       n 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}]
       v 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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chipping
       n : the act of chipping something [syn: {chip}, {splintering}]