What is the meaning of chipping?

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

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