chip away at
— Verb
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～ remove or withdraw gradually: "These new customs are chipping away at the quality of life"
chip at
— Verb
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～ engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark"
chip
— Noun
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～ a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
chip
— Noun
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～ a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
chip
— Noun
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～ a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
chip
— Noun
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～ the act of chipping something
chip
— Noun
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～ a piece of dried bovine dung
chip
— Noun
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～ a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling
chip
— Noun
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～ (golf) a low running approach shot
chip
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～ electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
chip
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～ a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
chipboard
— Noun
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～ a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin
Chipewyan
— Noun
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～ a member of the Athapaskan people living in western Canada between Great Slave Lake and Hudson Bay
Chipewyan
— Noun
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～ the language spoken by the Chipewyan
chipmunk
— Noun
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～ a burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body
chipotle
— Noun
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～ a ripe jalapeno that has been dried for use in cooking
Chippendale
— Adjective
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～ of or relating to an 18th-century style of furniture made by Thomas Chippendale; graceful outlines and Greek motifs and massive rococo carvings
chippendale
— Noun
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～ a British cabinetmaker remembered for his graceful designs (especially of chairs) which influenced his contemporaries (1718-1779)
chipper
— Adjective
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～ having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist"