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chip away
chip 1 C0306000 (chĭp) n. 1. A small broken or cut off piece, as of wood, stone, or glass. 2. A crack or flaw caused by the removal of a small piece. 3. a. A small disk or counter used in poker and other games to represent money. b. chips Slang Money. 4. See microchip.5. a. A thin, usually fried slice of food, especially a potato chip: ate chips with her sandwich. b. A very small piece of food or candy: made cookies with chocolate chips. c. chips Chiefly British French fries. 6. Wood, palm leaves, straw, or similar material cut and dried for weaving. 7. A fragment of dried animal dung used as fuel. 8. Something worthless. 9. Sports A chip shot. v. chipped, chip·ping, chips v. tr. 1. To chop or cut with an axe or other implement. 2. a. To break a small piece from: chip a tooth. b. To break or cut off (a small piece): chip ice from the window. 3. To shape or carve by cutting or chopping: chipped her name in the stone. 4. To implant a microchip in (an organism). v. intr. 1. To become broken off into small pieces. 2. Sports To make a chip shot in golf. Phrasal Verbs: chip away To reduce or make progress on something incrementally: We chipped away until the problem was solved. chip in 1. To contribute money or labor: We all chipped in for beer. 2. To interrupt with comments; interject. 3. To put up chips or money as one's bet in poker and other games. Idioms: chip off the old block A child whose appearance or character closely resembles that of one or the other parent. chip on (one's) shoulder A habitually hostile or combative attitude, especially in response to perceived slights. when the chips are down At a critical or difficult time.
[Middle English, from Old English cyp, beam, from Latin cippus.]
chip 2 C0306000 (chĭp)intr.v. chipped, chip·ping, chips To cheep, as a bird.
[Imitative.]
chip n.
chip 3 C0306000 (chĭp)n. Sports A trick method of throwing one's opponent in wrestling.
[Origin unknown.]Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | chip away - remove or withdraw gradually: "These new customs are chipping away at the quality of life"chip away atremove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
Translationschip away
chip away1. To break off fragments of something. We won't be able to move this huge rock until we chip away at it and make it smaller.2. To come off of something in small pieces. The paint is so old that it has completely chipped away from this side of the house.3. To complete small, incremental portions of a task. Try not to get too overwhelmed about cleaning the house and just chip away at it one room at a time.See also: away, chipchip something away (from something)to break off tiny pieces of something. Many years of heavy use chipped the marble steps away. Someone chipped away little bits of the marble from that step.See also: away, chipchip away[for something] to break off or break away in small chips. The edges of the marble step chipped away over the years. Some of the stone figures had chipped away so badly that we couldn't see what they were.See also: away, chipchip awayv.1. To fall or break off in small pieces: The old paint chipped away from the frame when we opened the window.2. To break off small pieces of something: Don't chip away the paint with a screwdriver. I chipped the enamel away with a scraper.3. chip away at To reduce or make progress on something incrementally: We chipped away at the problem until it was solved. I chipped away at the dried cement on the tiles. See also: away, chipEncyclopediaSeechipchip away
Synonyms for chip awayverb remove or withdraw gradually: "These new customs are chipping away at the quality of life"SynonymsRelated Words- remove
- take away
- withdraw
- take
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