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chipping
碎屑,破片
Chip v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chipped p. pr. & vb. n. Chipping.]
1. To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.
2. To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.
3. To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.
To chip in, to contribute, as to a fund; to share in the risks or expenses of. [Slang. U. S.]
Chip·ping n.
1. A chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving instrument; a fragment.
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.
3. The breaking off in small pieces of the edges of potter's ware, porcelain, etc.
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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]
chipping
n : the act of chipping something [syn: chip, splintering]