What is the meaning of chip?

noun

• A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.
  • usage: "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
  • synonyms: bit, flake, fleck, scrap
• A triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line.
• A piece of dried bovine dung.
  • synonyms: cow chip, cow dung, buffalo chip
• A thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat.
  • synonyms: crisp, potato chip, Saratoga chip
• A mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something.
  • synonyms: check
• A small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling.
  • synonyms: poker chip
• Electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit.
  • synonyms: microchip, micro chip, silicon chip, microprocessor chip
• Golf) a low running approach shot.
  • synonyms: chip shot
• The act of chipping something.
  • synonyms: chipping, splintering

verb

• Break off (a piece from a whole. )
  • usage: "Her tooth chipped"
  • synonyms: chip off, come off, break away, break off
• Cut a nick into.
  • synonyms: nick
• Play a chip shot.
• Form by chipping.
  • usage: "They chipped their names in the stone"
• Break a small piece off from.
  • usage: "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
  • synonyms: knap, cut off, break off