CHIP OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chip off mean? 

• CHIP OFF (verb)
  The verb CHIP OFF has 1 sense:

1. break off (a piece from a whole)

  Familiarity information: CHIP OFF used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHIP OFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Break off (a piece from a whole)

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

break away; break off; chip; chip off; come off

Context example:

Her tooth chipped

Hypernyms (to "chip off" is one way to...):

divide; part; separate (come apart)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "chip off"):

flake; flake off; peel; peel off (come off in flakes or thin small pieces)

exfoliate (come off in a very thin piece)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP