to chip a piece off a plate
1chip — chip1 W3S2 [tʃıp] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(food)¦ 2¦(computer)¦ 3¦(piece)¦ 4¦(mark)¦ 5 have a chip on your shoulder 6 when the chips are down 7 be a chip off the old block 8¦(game)¦ 9¦(sport)¦ …
2chip — [chip] vt. chipped, chipping [ME chippen < OE * cippian < cipp, log, plowshare < L cippus, post, stake < IE base * k̑eipo , sharp post] 1. Rare to cut or chop with an ax or other sharp tool 2. a) to break or cut a small piece or thin… …
3chip — 1 /tSIp/ noun (C) 1 MARK a small hole or mark on a plate, cup etc where a piece has broken off (+ in): There s a chip in this plate. 2 PIECE a small piece of wood, stone, metal etc that has broken off something: Wood chips covered the floor of… …
4chip — chip1 [ tʃıp ] noun count ** ▸ 1 piece of potato ▸ 2 in computers ▸ 3 small piece ▸ 4 in games for money ▸ 5 in sport ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) usually plural AMERICAN a very thin round piece of potato cooked in hot oil and eaten cold. British crisp:… …
5chip — I UK [tʃɪp] / US noun [countable] Word forms chip : singular chip plural chips ** 1) a) [usually plural] British a long thin piece of potato cooked in hot oil. The American word is French fry fish/sausage/egg and chips b) American a crisp II, 1)… …
6chip*/*/ — [tʃɪp] noun [C] I 1) British a long thin piece of potato cooked in hot oil fish and chips[/ex] 2) a very small piece of SILICON that is marked with electronic connections. It is used in computers and other machines Syn: microchip, silicon chip 3) …
7chip — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 (BrE) (usually chips) long thin piece of fried potato, eaten hot ⇨ See also ↑fry ADJECTIVE ▪ greasy ▪ frozen, oven ready … OF CHIPS ▪ …
8chip — v 1. fragment, crumb, crumble, break up or off, crack off, chop or hack off; chisel, whittle, hew; nick, snick, notch, gash, scratch, mar. n 2. fragment, shard, chunk, snip, snippet; bit, morsel, gobbet, snatch, scrap, crumb; sliver, splinter,… …
9List of The Real Hustle episodes — This is an episode list for The Real Hustle. All dates are the first broadcast on BBC Three in the United Kingdom. Contents 1 Series 1 2 Series 2 3 Series 3 4 Series 4 …
10Etching — For other uses of etch or etching, see Etching (disambiguation), for the history of the method, see old master prints. The Soldier and his Wife. Etching by Daniel Hopfer, who is believed to have been the first to apply the technique to… …