All chip synonyms
chip
C c verb chip
- splinter β a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- chop β If you chop something, you cut it into pieces with strong downward movements of a knife or an axe.
- nick β Old Nick.
- crack β If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface.
- hack β to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
- whack β to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
- gash β a long, deep wound or cut; slash.
- slice β a thin, flat piece cut from something: a slice of bread.
- crumble β If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
- clip β A clip is a small device, usually made of metal or plastic, that is specially shaped for holding things together.
- fragment β fragmentation
- split β to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
- chisel β A chisel is a tool that has a long metal blade with a sharp edge at the end. It is used for cutting and shaping wood and stone.
- damage β To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
- flake β fake2 (defs 2, 3).
- incise β to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- shape β Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe.
- hew β to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
- whittle β to cut, trim, or shape (a stick, piece of wood, etc.) by carving off bits with a knife.
- slash β to cut with a violent sweeping stroke or by striking violently and at random, as with a knife or sword.
- snip β to cut with a small, quick stroke, or a succession of such strokes, with scissors or the like.
- notch β an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- shear β to cut (something).
- sliver β a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- snick β to cut, snip, or nick.
- hackle β one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers.
- break off β If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
- pare β Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ΙΜΛbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510β90, French surgeon.
- disfigure β to mar the appearance or beauty of; deform; deface: Our old towns are increasingly disfigured by tasteless new buildings.
- mark β Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837β1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897β1904.
- blemish β A blemish is a small mark on something that spoils its appearance.
- cut off β If you cut something off, you remove it with a knife or a similar tool.
- crack off β to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
noun chip
- piece β a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
- bit β A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
- crumb β Crumbs are tiny pieces that fall from bread, biscuits, or cake when you cut it or eat it.
- chunk β Chunks of something are thick solid pieces of it.
- morsel β a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
- flaw β Also called windflaw. a sudden, usually brief windstorm or gust of wind.
- shard β a fragment, especially of broken earthenware.
- wafer β a thin, crisp cake or biscuit, often sweetened and flavored.
- dent β If you dent the surface of something, you make a hollow area in it by hitting or pressing it.
- gobbet β a fragment or piece, especially of raw flesh.
- paring β the act of a person or thing that pares.
- part β a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- scrap β a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
- scratch β to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- shaving β the act, process, or an instance of shaving or being shaved.
- wedge β a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer. Compare machine (def 3b).