Chip Definition–noun | 1. | a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking. |
| 2. | a very thin slice or small piece of food, candy, etc.: chocolate chips. |
| 3. | a mark or flaw made by the breaking
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off or gouging out of a small piece: This glass has a chip. |
| 4. | any of the small round disks, usually of plastic or ivory, used as tokens for money in certain gambling games, as roulette or poker; counter. |
| 5. | Also called microchip. Electronics. a tiny slice of semiconducting material, generally in the shape of a square a few millimeters long, cut from a larger wafer of the material, on which a transistor or an entire integrated circuit is formed. Compare microprocessor. |
| 6. | a small cut or uncut piece of a diamond or crystal. |
| 7. | anything trivial or worthless. |
| 8. | something dried up or without flavor. |
| 9. | a piece of dried dung: buffalo chips. |
| 10. | wood, straw, etc., in thin
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strips for weaving into hats, baskets, etc. |
| 12. | Tennis. a softly sliced return shot with heavy backspin. |
| 13. | the strip of material removed by a recording stylus as it cuts the grooves in a record. |
| 14. | chips, Chiefly British. French fries. |
–verb (used with object) | 15. | to hew or cut with an ax, chisel, etc. |
| 16. | to cut, break off, or gouge out (bits or fragments): He chipped a few pieces of ice from the large cube. |
| 17. | to disfigure by breaking off a fragment: to chip the edge of a saucer. |
| 18. | to shape or produce by cutting or flaking away pieces: to chip a figure out of wood. |
| 19. | Games. to bet by means of chips, as in poker. |
| 20. | Tennis. to slice (a ball) on a return shot, causing it to have heavy backspin. |
| 21. | Slang. to take (a narcotic drug) occasionally, esp. only in sufficient quantity to achieve a mild euphoria. |
| 22. | Chiefly British Sports. to hit or kick (a ball) a short distance forward. |
| 23. | British Slang. to jeer or criticize severely; deride; taunt. |
| 24. | Australian. to hoe; harrow. |
–verb (used without object) | 25. | to break off in small pieces. |
| 26. | Golf. to make a chip shot. |
—Verb phrase| 27. | chip in, | a. | to contribute money or assistance; participate. |
| b. | Games. to bet a chip or chips, as in poker. |
| c. | to interrupt a conversation to say something; butt in: We all chipped in with our suggestions for the reunion. |
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—Idioms| 28. | chip off the old block, a person who resembles one parent in appearance or behavior: His son is just a chip off the old block. |
| 29. | chip on one's shoulder, a disposition to quarrel: You will never make friends if you go around with a chip on your shoulder. |
| 30. | in the chips, Slang. wealthy; rich: Don't look down on your old friends now that you're in the chips. |
| 31. | when the chips are down, in a discouraging or disadvantageous situation; in bad or pressing times: When the chips are down he proves to be a loyal friend. |
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Challenge Definition–noun | 1. | a call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill, strength, etc. |
| 2. | something that by its nature or character serves as a call to battle, contest, special effort, etc.: Space exploration offers a challenge to humankind. |
| 3. | a call to fight, as a battle, a duel, etc. |
| 4. | a demand to explain, justify, etc.: a challenge to the treasurer to itemize expenditures. |
| 5. | difficulty in a job or undertaking that is stimulating to one engaged in it. |
| 6. | Military. the demand of a sentry for identification or a countersign. |
| 7. | Law. a formal objection to the qualifications of a particular juror, to his or her serving, or to the legality of an entire jury. Compare peremptory challenge. |
| 8. | the assertion that a vote is invalid or that a voter is not legally qualified. |
| 9. | Biology. the process of inducing or assessing physiological or immunological activity by exposing an organism to a specific substance. |
| 10. | Hunting. the crying of a hound on finding a scent. |
–verb (used with object) | 11. | to summon to a contest of skill, strength, etc. |
| 12. | to take exception to; call in question: to challenge the wisdom of a procedure. |
| 13. | to demand as something due or rightful. |
| 14. | Military. to halt and demand identification or countersign from. |
| 15. | Law. to take formal exception to (a juror or jury). |
| 16. | to have a claim to; invite; arouse; stimulate: a matter which challenges attention. |
| 17. | to assert that (a vote) is invalid. |
| 18. | to assert that (a voter) is not qualified to vote. |
| 19. | to expose an organism to a specific substance in order to assess its physiological or immunological activity. |
| 20. | Archaic. to lay claim to. |
–verb (used without object) | 21. | to make or issue a challenge. |
| 22. | Hunting. (of hounds) to cry or give tongue on picking up the scent. |
–adjective | 23. | donated or given by a private, corporate, or government benefactor on condition that the recipient raise an additional specified amount from the public: a challenge grant. |
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Game Definition–noun | 1. | an amusement or pastime: children's games. |
| 2. | the material or equipment used in playing certain games: a store selling toys and games. |
| 3. | a competitive activity involving skill, chance, or endurance on the part of two or more persons who play according to a set of rules, usually for their own amusement or for that of spectators. |
| 4. | a single occasion of such an activity, or a definite portion of one: the final game of the season; a rubber of three games at bridge. |
| 5. | the number of points required to win a game. |
| 6. | the score at a particular stage in a game: With five min
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utes to play, the game was 7 to 0. |
| 7. | a particular manner or style of playing a game: Her game of chess is improving. |
| 8. | anything resembling a game, as in requiring skill, endurance, or adherence to rules: the game of diplomacy. |
| 9. | a trick or strategy: to see through someone's game. |
| 10. | fun; sport of any kind; joke: That's about enough of your games. |
| 11. | wild anim
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als, including birds and fishes, such as are hunted for food or taken for sport or profit. |
| 12. | the flesh of such wild animals or other game, used as food: a dish of game. |
| 13. | any object of pursuit, attack, abuse, etc.: The new boy at school seemed to be fair game for practical jokers. |
| 14. | Informal. a business or profession: He's in the real-estate game. |
| 15. | Archaic. fighting spirit; pluck. |
–adjective | 16. | pertaining to or composed of animals hunted or taken as game or to their flesh. |
| 17. | having a fighting spirit; plucky. |
| 18. | Informal. having the required spirit or will (often fol. by for or an infinitive): Who's game for a hike through the woods? |
–verb (used without object) | 19. | to play games of chance for stakes; gamble. |
–verb (used with object) | 20. | to squander in gaming (usually fol. by away). |
—Idioms| 21. | die game, | a. | to die after a brave struggle. |
| b. | to remain steadfast or in good spirits at the moment of defeat: He knew that as a candidate he didn't have a chance in the world, but he campaigned anyway and died game. |
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| 22. | make game of, to make fun of; ridicule: to make game of the weak and defenseless. |
| 23. | play games, to act in an evasive, deceitful, manipulative, or trifling manner in dealing with others: Don't play games with me—I want to know if you love me or not! |
| 24. | play the game, Informal. | a. | to act or play in accordance with the rules. |
| b. | to act honorably or justly: We naively assumed that our allies would continue to play the game. |
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