ALL meanings of chip off the old block
chip off the old block
C c - noun chip off the old block a person who resembles one of his or her parents in behaviour 3
- noun chip off the old block a person much like his or her parent in appearance or characteristics 3
- noun chip off the old block a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking. 1
- noun chip off the old block a very thin slice or small piece of food, candy, etc.: chocolate chips. 1
- noun chip off the old block a mark or flaw made by the breaking off or gouging out of a small piece: This glass has a chip. 1
- noun chip off the old block any of the small round disks, usually of plastic or ivory, used as tokens for money in certain gambling games, as roulette or poker; counter. 1
- noun chip off the old block Also called microchip. Electronics. a tiny slice of semiconducting material, generally in the shape of a square a few millimeters long, cut from a larger wafer of the material, on which a transistor or an entire integrated circuit is formed. Compare microprocessor. 1
- noun chip off the old block a small cut or uncut piece of a diamond or crystal. 1
- noun chip off the old block anything trivial or worthless. 1
- noun chip off the old block something dried up or without flavor. 1
- noun chip off the old block a piece of dried dung: buffalo chips. 1
- noun chip off the old block wood, straw, etc., in thin strips for weaving into hats, baskets, etc. 1
- noun chip off the old block Golf. chip shot. 1
- noun chip off the old block Tennis. a softly sliced return shot with heavy backspin. 1
- noun chip off the old block the strip of material removed by a recording stylus as it cuts the grooves in a record. 1
- noun chip off the old block chips, Chiefly British. French fries. 1
- verb with object chip off the old block to hew or cut with an ax, chisel, etc. 1
- verb with object chip off the old block to cut, break off, or gouge out (bits or fragments): He chipped a few pieces of ice from the large cube. 1
- verb with object chip off the old block to disfigure by breaking off a fragment: to chip the edge of a saucer. 1
- verb with object chip off the old block to shape or produce by cutting or flaking away pieces: to chip a figure out of wood. 1
- verb with object chip off the old block Games. to bet by means of chips, as in poker. 1
- verb with object chip off the old block Tennis. to slice (a ball) on a return shot, causing it to have heavy backspin. 1
- verb with object chip off the old block Slang. to take (a narcotic drug) occasionally, especially only in sufficient quantity to achieve a mild euphoria. 1
- verb with object chip off the old block Chiefly British Sports. to hit or kick (a ball) a short distance forward. 1
- verb with object chip off the old block British Slang. to jeer or criticize severely; deride; taunt. 1
- verb with object chip off the old block Australian. to hoe; harrow. 1
- verb without object chip off the old block to break off in small pieces. 1
- verb without object chip off the old block Golf. to make a chip shot. 1
- idioms chip off the old block chip off the old block, a person who resembles one parent in appearance or behavior: His son is just a chip off the old block. 1
- idioms chip off the old block chip on one's shoulder, a disposition to quarrel: You will never make friends if you go around with a chip on your shoulder. 1
- idioms chip off the old block in the chips, Slang. wealthy; rich: Don't look down on your old friends now that you're in the chips. 1
- idioms chip off the old block when the chips are down, in a discouraging or disadvantageous situation; in bad or pressing times: When the chips are down he proves to be a loyal friend. 1
- noun chip off the old block (Idiomatic) Someone who takes after one of his or her parents. 0