chip off

Other forms: chipped off; chipping off; chips off

Definitions of chip off
  1. verb
    break off (a piece from a whole)
    synonyms: break away, break off, chip, come off
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    types:
    flake, flake off, peel, peel off
    come off in flakes or thin small pieces
    exfoliate
    come off in a very thin piece
    type of:
    divide, part, separate
    come apart
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