Meaning of Chipper | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Someone who or something which chips (e.g. wood).
2. A machine that reduces organic matter to compost; depending on size, whole tree trunks are reduced to sawdust; a woodchipper.
   US
3. A machine that chips potatoes into pieces that are ready to be fried and made into chips.
4. A fish and chip shop, or more generally a cheap fast food outlet, typically selling chips and other deep-fried foods.
   East, Ireland, North, Scotland, slang
5. A company that manufactures potato chips/potato crisps.
6. A player who chips the ball.
7. A golf club for making chip shots.
8. A deep frier.
   slang
9. An occasional tobacco user, or more generally drug user.
   US

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Examples

“Used for chopping large blocks of chocolate into small pieces, a chocolate chipper looks like a large fork with six thin, very sharp, pointed metal fingers. To use the chipper, hold it straight up and down and press it firmly[…]”

“NR workers feed the cleared vegetation into a chipper.”

“'Yes, and CCTV on the drink link and at Fabio's chipper.'”

“Bichel asked chippers several thought-provoking questions about potato procurement, storage and handling.”

“Pet Inc.'s Laura Scudder division, a West Coast region chipper, has revamped its Dittos brand stack chips.”

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