chip

chip (http://definr.com/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: (nautical) 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: crack, 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; of 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, in golf
     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]