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To chop or cut into small pieces.

Example: The workers chipped the dead branches into mulch.

To break small pieces from.

Example: Be careful not to chip the paint.

To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards. In association football specifically, when the shot is a shot on goal, the opposing goalkeeper may be the direct object of the verb, rather than the ball.

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

A fragment broken off a larger material.

The act of breaking something into small fragments, or of removing fragments from pottery etc.