chip : Idioms & Phrases

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A chip off the old block

  • a child who resembles either of his parents. Colloq. Milton.-
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bargaining chip

  • noun leverage in the form of an inducement or a concession useful in successful negotiations
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blue chip

  • noun a common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable; typically have high price and low yield
    blue chip.
    • blue chips are usually safe investments
  • noun a blue poker chip with the highest value
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blue-chip

  • adjective satellite extremely valuable
    • Rembrandt is considered a blue-chip artist
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blue-chip stock

  • noun a common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable; typically have high price and low yield
    blue chip.
    • blue chips are usually safe investments
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buffalo chip

  • noun a piece of dried bovine dung
    cow dung; chip; buffalo chip.
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Buffalo chips

  • noun a piece of dried bovine dung
    cow dung; chip; buffalo chip.
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  • dry dung of the buffalo, or bison, used for fuel . U.S.
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cash in one's chips

  • verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
    decease; give-up the ghost; pop off; perish; die; buy the farm; snuff it; choke; drop dead; pass away; expire; exit; croak; pass; go; kick the bucket; conk.
    • She died from cancer
    • The children perished in the fire
    • The patient went peacefully
    • The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
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chip at

  • verb engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface
    carve.
    • carve one's name into the bark
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chip away

  • verb remove or withdraw gradually: "These new customs are chipping away at the quality of life"
    chip away.
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chip away at

  • verb remove or withdraw gradually: "These new customs are chipping away at the quality of life"
    chip away.
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Chip ax

  • a small ax for chipping timber into shape.
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Chip bonnet, Chip hat

  • a bonnet or a hat made of Chip. See Chip, n., 3.
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chip in

  • verb contribute to some cause
    contribute; kick in; give.
    • I gave at the office
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chip off

  • verb break off (a piece from a whole)
    break away; chip; break off; come off.
    • Her tooth chipped
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chip shot

  • noun (golf) a low running approach shot
    chip.
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chipping bird

Chip"ping bird`
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The chippy.
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chipping sparrow

  • noun small North American finch common in urban areas
    Spizella passerina.
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chipping squirrel

Chip"ping squir"rel
Definitions
  1. See Chipmunk.
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  • noun cookies containing chocolate chips
    Toll House cookie.
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corn chip

  • noun thin piece of cornmeal dough fried
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cow chip

  • noun a piece of dried bovine dung
    cow dung; chip; buffalo chip.
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dna chip

  • noun a microchip that holds DNA probes that form half of the DNA double helix and can recognize DNA from samples being tested
    DNA chip.
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fish and chips

  • noun fried fish and french-fried potatoes
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gene chip

  • noun a microchip that holds DNA probes that form half of the DNA double helix and can recognize DNA from samples being tested
    DNA chip.
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log-chip

Log"-chip` noun
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) A thin, flat piece of board in the form of a quadrant of a circle attached to the log line; -- called also log-ship. See 2d Log, n., 2.
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memory chip

  • noun a RAM microchip that can be plugged into a computer to provide additional memory
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micro chip

  • noun electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
    chip; microchip; micro chip; microprocessor chip.
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microprocessor chip

  • noun electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
    chip; microchip; micro chip; microprocessor chip.
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poker chip

  • noun a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling
    chip.
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potato chip

  • noun a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
    potato chip; chip; crisp.
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Potato chips, Saratoga chips

  • thin slices of raw potato fried crisp.
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read-only memory chip

  • noun a memory chip providing read-only memory
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saratoga chip

  • noun a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
    potato chip; chip; crisp.
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silicon chip

  • noun electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
    chip; microchip; micro chip; microprocessor chip.
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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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tortilla chip

  • noun a small piece of tortilla
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