Chip vs. Chit

Chipnoun

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

Chipnoun

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

Chipnoun

A token used in place of cash.

Chipnoun

A sovereign the coin.

Chipnoun

(electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.

Chipnoun

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

Chipnoun

A fried strip of potato of square or rectangular cross-section; a french fry.

Chipnoun

A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, or sometimes another vegetable.

Chipnoun

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

Chipnoun

(curling) A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.

Chipnoun

A dried piece of dung used as fuel.

Chipnoun

A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.

Chipnoun

(gastronomy) A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.

Chipnoun

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

Chipnoun

(nautical) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.

Chipnoun

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

Chipnoun

Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.

Chipnoun

(golf) A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air.

Chipverb

(transitive) To chop or cut into small pieces.

Chipverb

(transitive) To break small pieces from.

Chipverb

To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards.

Chipverb

In association football, specifically, to play a shot on goal by kicking the ball in an arc, over the goalkeeper's reach. (Such shots are often played in a mostly horizontal direction, particularly when taken from distance). In this usage, the opposing goalkeeper is often the direct object of the verb.

Chipverb

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

Chipverb

(intransitive) To become chipped.

Chipverb

To ante (up).

Chipverb

To fit (an animal) with a microchip.

Chipverb

to contribute.

Chipverb

(also, to chip at) to make fun of

Chipverb

To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.

Chipverb

To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.

Chipverb

To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.

Chipverb

To break or fly off in small pieces.

Chipnoun

A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.

Chipnoun

A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.

Chipnoun

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

Chipnoun

Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; - used contemptuously.

Chipnoun

One of the counters used in poker and other games.

Chipnoun

The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.

Chipnoun

a small fragment of something broken off from the whole;

Chipnoun

a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line

Chipnoun

a piece of dried bovine dung

Chipnoun

a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

Chipnoun

a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something

Chipnoun

a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling

Chipnoun

electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit

Chipnoun

a low running approach shot

Chipnoun

the act of chipping something

Chipverb

break off (a piece from a whole);

Chipverb

cut a nick into

Chipverb

play a chip shot

Chipverb

form by chipping;

Chipverb

break a small piece off from;

Chitnoun

A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.

Chitnoun

A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman.

Chitnoun

The embryonic growing bud of a plant

Chitnoun

(obsolete) An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple.

Chitnoun

A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message.

Chitnoun

A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system; scrip.

Chitnoun

(pharmacology) A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a scrip.

Chitnoun

(gaming) A smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for another, more transient, purpose such as tracking or randomization.

Chitnoun

A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.

Chitnoun

A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor.

Chitnoun

A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe.

Chitnoun

shit.

Chitverb

To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant.

Chitverb

To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or Sophora to assist germination.

Chitverb

To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil.

Chitinterjection

shit.

Chitnoun

The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.

Chitnoun

A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.

Chitnoun

An excrescence on the body, as a wart.

Chitnoun

A small tool used in cleaving laths.

Chitnoun

A short letter or note; a written message or memorandum; a certificate given to a servant; a pass, or the like.

Chitnoun

A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.

Chitverb

To shoot out; to sprout.

Chit

Chideth.

Chitnoun

the bill in a restaurant;

Chitnoun

a short official note, typically recording a sum owed

Chitnoun

an impudent or arrogant young woman

Chitverb

cause (a potato) to sprout by placing it in a cool light place.