Chip

chip, v.t. to chop or cut into small pieces: to hew: of chickens, to break the shell of the egg in hatching: to pare away the crust of bread, .: to bet:— pr.p. chip′ping; pa.p. chipped.— n. a small piece of wood or other substance chopped off: ( slang ) a sovereign.— n. Chip′-hat , a cheap kind of hat, made of what is popularly called Brazilian gra , but really consisting of strips of the leaves of a palm ( Chamærops argentea ) imported from Cuba.— adj. Chip′py , abounding in chips: dry as a chip: seedy from an overdose of liquor.— Chip in , to supply one's part.— A chip of the old block , one with the characteristics of his father. [M. E. chippen , to cut in pieces. Conn. with Chop .]