ALL meanings of chip on one's shoulder
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C c - noun chip on one's shoulder an inclination to fight or quarrel 3
- idioms chip on one's shoulder 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 on one's shoulder a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking. 1
- noun chip on one's shoulder a very thin slice or small piece of food, candy, etc.: chocolate chips. 1
- noun chip on one's shoulder a mark or flaw made by the breaking off or gouging out of a small piece: This glass has a chip. 1
- noun chip on one's shoulder 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 on one's shoulder 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 on one's shoulder a small cut or uncut piece of a diamond or crystal. 1
- noun chip on one's shoulder anything trivial or worthless. 1
- noun chip on one's shoulder something dried up or without flavor. 1
- noun chip on one's shoulder a piece of dried dung: buffalo chips. 1
- noun chip on one's shoulder wood, straw, etc., in thin strips for weaving into hats, baskets, etc. 1
- noun chip on one's shoulder Golf. chip shot. 1
- noun chip on one's shoulder Tennis. a softly sliced return shot with heavy backspin. 1
- noun chip on one's shoulder the strip of material removed by a recording stylus as it cuts the grooves in a record. 1
- noun chip on one's shoulder chips, Chiefly British. French fries. 1
- verb with object chip on one's shoulder to hew or cut with an ax, chisel, etc. 1
- verb with object chip on one's shoulder 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 on one's shoulder to disfigure by breaking off a fragment: to chip the edge of a saucer. 1
- verb with object chip on one's shoulder to shape or produce by cutting or flaking away pieces: to chip a figure out of wood. 1
- verb with object chip on one's shoulder Games. to bet by means of chips, as in poker. 1
- verb with object chip on one's shoulder Tennis. to slice (a ball) on a return shot, causing it to have heavy backspin. 1
- verb with object chip on one's shoulder Slang. to take (a narcotic drug) occasionally, especially only in sufficient quantity to achieve a mild euphoria. 1
- verb with object chip on one's shoulder Chiefly British Sports. to hit or kick (a ball) a short distance forward. 1
- verb with object chip on one's shoulder British Slang. to jeer or criticize severely; deride; taunt. 1
- verb with object chip on one's shoulder Australian. to hoe; harrow. 1
- verb without object chip on one's shoulder to break off in small pieces. 1
- verb without object chip on one's shoulder Golf. to make a chip shot. 1
- idioms chip on one's shoulder 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 on one's shoulder 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 on one's shoulder in the chips, Slang. wealthy; rich: Don't look down on your old friends now that you're in the chips. 1
- noun chip on one's shoulder A form of challenge, in the same spirit as a medieval knight throwing down his gauntlet. 0
- noun chip on one's shoulder (Idiomatic) A habitually combative attitude, usually because of a harboured grievance, sense of inferiority, or having something to prove. 0
- noun chip on one's shoulder (Idiomatic) A tendency to take offence quickly. 0