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Chip

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25 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

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cracknoun(intransitive) To form cracks.
crispnounSenses relating to curliness.
checkverbAn inspection or examination.
bitnoun(mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
nicknounA small cut in a surface.
knapnoun(transitive) To break (something) into small pieces with a cracking sound; to fragment, to smash; also, to break (something) apart sharply; to snap.
flakenounA loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
cut offverbTo stop the provision or supply of something, e.g. power, water.
break awayverbTo become separated, literally or figuratively.
splinteringnounThe process or result of something being splintered.
chippingnoun(uncountable) The act of creating or producing chips, as by breaking something into small fragments, cutting potatoes, removing fragments from pottery, etc.
break offverb(transitive) To discontinue abruptly.
come offverbTo have some success; to succeed.
chip shotnoun(golf) An approach shot made from a location a short distance from the golf green in which the ball is launched into the air with only low or moderate force, so that it will land on the green and roll toward the hole.
microchipnounAn integrated circuit.
potato chipnoun(Canada, US, Australia, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong, New Zealand) A potato crisp, a thin slice of potato that has been fried.
silicon chipnounA wafer of silicon on which an integrated circuit has been built; a microchip
chip offverbbreak off (a piece from a whole)
cow chipnounA piece of dried cow dung, used especially as fuel in the Third World and by early North American settlers.
buffalo chipnoun(US) A dried piece of buffalo or bison dung, sometimes used as fuel.
poker chipnoun(gambling) A disk-shaped counter that is used when gambling to represent money.
micro chipnounelectronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
flecknounA small spot or streak; a speckle.
saratoga chipnoun(US, dated) A potato chip.
scrapnoun(uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.

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WordDefinition
splinteringnounThe process or result of something being splintered.
flakenounA loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
scrapnoun(uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
cracknounA thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
crispnounSenses relating to something brittle.
flecknounA small spot or streak; a speckle.
cut offnounAlternative form of cutoff. [The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.]
break offverb(transitive) To discontinue abruptly.
come offverbTo have some success; to succeed.
break awayverbTo become separated, literally or figuratively.
cow chipnounA piece of dried cow dung, used especially as fuel in the Third World and by early North American settlers.
buffalo chipnoun(US) A dried piece of buffalo or bison dung, sometimes used as fuel.
bitnoun(mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
nicknounA small cut in a surface.
knapnounA sudden, sharp blow, knock, or slap; a rap, a whack.
silicon chipnounA wafer of silicon on which an integrated circuit has been built; a microchip
microchipnounAn integrated circuit.
potato chipnoun(Canada, US, Australia, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong, New Zealand) A potato crisp, a thin slice of potato that has been fried.
saratoga chipnoun(US, dated) A potato chip.
poker chipnoun(gambling) A disk-shaped counter that is used when gambling to represent money.

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