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chip off
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | chip off - break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"chip, break away, break off, come offflake off, peel, flake, peel off - come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off"exfoliate - come off in a very thin piecedivide, part, separate - come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" |
Translationschip off
chip off1. To break off of something in small pieces. Ugh, I painted my nails yesterday, and the polish is already starting to chip off.2. To break a piece of something off. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "chip" and "off." We need to chip off all this old paint before we can do anything with these walls.See also: chip, offchip offv.1. To break away from a surface in small, flat pieces: The cold weather has caused the paint on the bench to chip off.2. To break off a small, flat piece of something from some whole: She chipped off a small piece of ice from the block. He chipped the hard coating off the pipe with a screwdriver.See also: chip, offchip off
Related to chip off: chip off the old blockSynonyms for chip offverb break off (a piece from a whole)Synonyms- chip
- break away
- break off
- come off
Related Words- flake off
- peel
- flake
- peel off
- exfoliate
- divide
- part
- separate
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