dictionary definitions for "chipped"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adj.
     1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other
        desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite
        of undamaged. [Narrower terms: {battered, beat-up,
        beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated,
        ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound}; {bent, crumpled,
        dented}; blasted, rent, ripped, torn; broken-backed;
        {burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate),
        burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate)}; {burst,
        ruptured}; corroded; cracked, crackled, crazed;
        defaced, marred; hurt, weakened;
        {knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out}; {mangled,
        mutilated}; peeling; scraped, scratched;
        storm-beaten] Also See blemished, broken, damaged,
        destroyed, impaired, injured, unsound.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some
        part, or by breaking. Opposite of unbroken. [Narrower
        terms: busted; chipped; cracked; {crumbled,
        fragmented}; crushed, ground; dissolved; fractured;
        shattered, smashed, splintered; split; {unkept,
        violated}] Also See: damaged, imperfect, injured,
        unsound.
  
     Syn: broken.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged
        reputation.
  
     Syn: discredited.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as,
        the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
  
     Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied,
          tainted, tarnished.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chip \Chip\ (ch[i^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chipped (ch[i^]pt);
     p. pr. & vb. n. Chipping.] [Cf. G. kippen to cut off the
     edge, to clip, pare. Cf. Chop to cut.]
     1. To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape,
        by cutting away a little at a time; to hew. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an
        eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To chip in, to contribute, as to a fund; to share in the
        risks or expenses of. [Slang. U. S.]
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  chipped \chipped\ adj.
     having a small piece broken off; as, a chipped tooth.
     [WordNet 1.5]


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