1. A small piece of broken up wood, stone, etc.
   "bark chippings"
    
2. The act of chipping something
   "The chipping of the wood created a mess on the workshop floor";
   - splintering

1. Detach or become detached or separated from a larger piece
   "Her tooth chipped";
   - chip off, come off, break away, break off, break, snap off
    
2. Break a small piece off from
   "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth";
   - knap, cut off, break off
    
3. Cut a nick into
   "She chipped the edge of the plate";
   - nick
    
4. (golf) play a chip shot
   "She chipped the ball onto the green from just off the fringe"
    
5. Form by chipping
   "They chipped their names in the stone"

Derived forms: chippings

See also: break

Type of: break, breakage, breaking, cut, detach, divide, forge, form, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], part, separate, shape, shoot, work

Encyclopedia: Chipping, Lancashire