chippers

Noun

chipper (plural chippers)

1. Someone who or something which chips (e.g. wood).
   • 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[…]2012 December 4, Carole Bloom, Truffles, Candies, and Confections: Techniques and Recipes for Candymaking [A Cookbook], Ten Speed Press, →ISBN, page 14
   1. (US) A machine that reduces organic matter to compost; depending on size, whole tree trunks are reduced to sawdust; a woodchipper.
      • NR workers feed the cleared vegetation into a chipper.2025 March 5, David Stubbings, “Network News: NR wages war on Welsh vegetation encroachment”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 21, image caption
   2. A machine that chips potatoes into pieces that are ready to be fried and made into chips.
2. (East, Ireland, North, Scotland, slang) A fish and chip shop, or more generally a cheap fast food outlet, typically selling chips and other deep-fried foods.
   • 'Yes, and CCTV on the drink link and at Fabio's chipper.'2023, Sam Blake, The Mystery of Four

   Synonyms:

   chippy, greasy spoon, hole-in-the-wall

3. A company that manufactures potato chips/potato crisps.
   • Bichel asked chippers several thought-provoking questions about potato procurement, storage and handling.1974, Potato Chipper, volume 33, numbers 16-27, page 25
4. A player who chips the ball.

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