chip
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6.1
- noun
- /tʃɪp/
- Specialized
:
chip
- The key to improving your short game is mastering the chip shot from around the green.
Examples
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After practicing on the driving range, he was confident hitting a chip shot onto the green.
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Because you should be leaving your chip shots closer to the hole.
Blog text (19) -
Perfect chip shot and l blow my last putt.
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"I saw her practicing chip shots my first morning here, and was amazed at her virtuosity."
Fiction book (1998) -
She expertly executed a chip to get the ball close to the hole from just off the green.
Synonyms
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6.1
A short low golf shot that makes the ball run along the ground toward the hole
1
6.1
A short golf shot hit to land the ball on the putting green
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
7
4.4
A person who is very like one of their parents in looks or behaviour
- Informal
Strong anger or hurt about being treated unfairly in the past
Compounds
- Specialized
4
4.1
A share of a large, well-known company that is safe and pays steady dividends
- Specialized
3
3.7
A small, flat piece of material with tiny electronic parts that makes computers and phones work
- Specialized
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6.1
A short low golf shot that makes the ball run along the ground toward the hole
- Specialized
1
4.4
An electronic device put in the brain that records and plays back a person's past events or feelings
- Specialized
1
4.4
A small electronic part inside a device that controls its actions and calculations
- Specialized
A small device with many tiny DNA pieces that tests many genes in a sample
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Chip in golf for a short approach shot gets its name from the sense 'small action' — a chip is a quick, small movement that moves the ball only a short distance toward the hole.