Meaning

• A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.

• A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.

  "This cup has a chip in it."

• (games) A token used in place of cash.

• A sovereign (the coin).

• A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.

• A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices.

• (especially in the plural) A fried strip of potato of square or rectangular cross-section; a french fry.

  "Do you want sauce or mayonnaise on your chips?"

• (especially in the plural) A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, or sometimes another vegetable; a crisp.

• A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.

• A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.

• A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.

• (northern) A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.

• A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.

• A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.

• The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.

• Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.

• Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.

• A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air.

Meaning

• To chop or cut into small pieces.

  "The workers chipped the dead branches into mulch."

• To break small pieces from.

  "Be careful not to chip the paint."

• To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards. In association football specifically, when the shot is a shot on goal, the opposing goalkeeper may be the direct object of the verb, rather than the ball.

• To upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.

• To become chipped.

  "This varnish chips easily."

• (often with "in") To ante (up).

• To fit (an animal) with a microchip.

• (often with "in") to contribute.

  "Everyone needs to chip in £1 for George's leaving collection"

• (also, to chip at) To make fun of.

Meaning

• A carpenter.