chipping

v. cut a fragment from, flake; be broken off in small pieces; sculpt, engrave

Chipping may be one of these locations in England:Chipping, LancashireChipping CampdenChipping NortonChipping SodburyChipping OngarChipping can also refer to:chip tuning a car's ECU systeminstalling a modchip into a game consoleusing a woodchipperbeing a chipper (tobacco), or other occasional drugs user
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Noun
1. the act of chipping something
(synonym) chip, splintering
(hypernym) breakage, break, breaking
(derivation) chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off

Noun
1. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
(synonym) bit, flake, fleck, scrap
(hypernym) fragment
(hyponym) matchwood
2. a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
(hypernym) float
(classification) seafaring, navigation, sailing
3. a piece of dried bovine dung
(synonym) cow chip, cow dung, buffalo chip
(hypernym) droppings, dung, muck
4. a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
(synonym) crisp, potato chip, Saratoga chip
(hypernym) snack food
5. a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
(synonym) check
(hypernym) blemish, defect, mar
(derivation) nick
6. a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling
(synonym) poker chip
(hypernym) counter
(hyponym) blue 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
(synonym) microchip, micro chip, silicon chip
(hypernym) semiconductor device, semiconductor unit, semiconductor
(hyponym) biochip
(part-holonym) computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
(part-meronym) integrated circuit, microcircuit
8. a low running approach shot
(synonym) chip shot
(hypernym) approach, approach shot
9. the act of chipping something
(synonym) chipping, splintering
(hypernym) breakage, break, breaking
(derivation) chip off, come off, break away, break off
Verb
1. break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"
(synonym) chip off, come off, break away, break off
(hypernym) separate, divide, part
(hyponym) peel off, peel, flake off, flake
(derivation) bit, flake, fleck, scrap
2. cut a nick into
(synonym) nick
(hypernym) cut
(derivation) check
3. play a chip shot
(hypernym) shoot
(derivation) chip shot
(classification) golf, golf game
4. form by chipping; "They chipped their names in the stone"
(hypernym) shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
(derivation) bit, flake, fleck, scrap
5. break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
(synonym) knap, cut off, break off
(hypernym) cut
(see-also) carve, chip at
(derivation) bit, flake, fleck, scrap

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Chip
  

(n.)
The breaking off in small pieces of the edges of potter's ware, porcelain, etc.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
A chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving instrument; a fragment.
  

1. A early system on the IBM 1103 or 1103A.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
(1994-11-15)
2. Constraint Handling In Prolog.

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