chip

[tʃɪp]

Definition:
1. A small piece of wood, glass, etc. that has broken off an object.
2. A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.
3. A triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line.
4. A piece of dried bovine dung.

Use 'chip' in a sentence:

1. He used a hammer and chisel to chip away at the wall.
2. He was burning wood chips to make charcoal.
3. That's why it may be up to consumers to move the needle on chip and PIN.
4. I always get mint chocolate chip.
5. They chip in for the petrol.
6. It is claimed that a refrigerator small enough to be built into a computer chip has been made.
7. They chipped away at the power of the government.
8. Micro-Mechanics plans to produce a chip that, because it uses only microscopic mechanical switches, will be invulnerable to radiation damage.
9. Timing is also a good bargaining chip.
10. When the chips are down, she's very tough.
11. You chip away at the problem until somebody comes up with the right answer.
12. Once the chip is in place, the pet does not feel it anymore.
13. Tomorrow's children will be even more in the thrall of the silicon chip.
14. Amin believes there is no corner of the world that can resist the charms of a Frito-Lay potato chip.
15. Today's silicon chip-based computers can't come close.
16. The stone chip was one of the first tools that people used, and perhaps it is the most important.
17. I'm not sure what I'll do when the chips are down.
18. The children demolished their burgers and chips.
19. I do not like the chip they serve here-they are too greasy.
20. The fossils had been chipped out of the rock.
21. Redskins kicker Chip Lohmiller missed two field-goal attempts.
22. They chip in for the petrol and food.
23. We ate chips every night, but hardly ever had fish.
24. This entire apparatus fits on a chip no larger than a few square millimeters.
25. The switches will, however, be slower than electronic switches and the chip will contain only 12,000 switches.
26. Once large issuers convert together, the chip costs should drop.
27. Rubio suggests that oil be used as a bargaining chip in any trade talks.
28. The English chip is much larger than French fries, and so it has a much different texture.
29. Use information as a bargaining chip too.
30. An earlier effort by Target to move to chip and PIN never gained progress.
31. Designing silicon chips to mimic human organs sounds fanciful.
32. Once they return to the hive, this materials can be detected, and a scan of the chip will reveal the appropriate location.
33. Data is said to lack an emotion chip.
34. Fish and chips are packed with protein.
35. Chips should be cut into uniform size and thickness.
36. This mug has a chip in it.
37. She ate a bag of chips.
38. Three portions of fish and chips, please.
39. I've never been a great one for fish and chips.
40. The paint had chipped off.
41. The cup had a small chip.
42. The new chip will be made from a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.
43. Chip and PIN is designed to combat credit card fraud.
44. Chip cards will be the money of the future.
45. These plates chip easily.
46. At Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, research scientists have designed a 4-inch silicon chip that holds 700 tiny primitive motors.
47. She chipped one of her front teeth.
48. He chipped off a piece of his tooth.
49. The release of prisoners was used as a bargaining chip.
50. There were no potatoes so we had fish and chips sans the chips.
51. All main courses are served with chips or baked potato.
52. I went and bought about six dollars' worth of potato chips.
53. The information could be used as a bargaining chip to extract some parallel information from Britain.