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chirping chips

chirping chips noun: chips that a player has won that make him or her more talkative at the table.

Noun

chirping chips pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, slang) Chips that a player has won that make him or her more talkative at the table.
    • As I got the pile in front of Oakley, I prayed he would just take the chips and shut up. But nope, in poker there is a thing called chirping chips. Whenever a player wins a big pot, especially by luck, they tend to try to justify it to everyone.2006, Rick Gadziola, Drawing Dead

Questions about chirping chips

What does chirping chips mean?
Chirping chips means chips that a player has won that make him or her more talkative at the table.
What part of speech is chirping chips?
Chirping chips is a noun.

Words near chirping chips in the dictionary

  1. chirpily
  2. chirpine
  3. chirpines
  4. chirpiness
  5. chirping
  6. chirping chips
  7. chirping cup
  8. chirping cups
  9. chirpingly
  10. chirpings
  11. chirpish

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