poker chip
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Definition
Noun: A small, round, flat token, typically made of clay, plastic, or ceramic, used in place of cash money to represent value in gambling games, especially poker.
Usage
A poker chip is a physical object representing a specific monetary value on a gaming table. It is used for betting, raising, and calling during a game. Using chips instead of cash makes handling bets easier, safer, and more standardized.
Examples
Advanced Usage
- "To cash in one's chips": An idiom meaning to exchange poker chips for money at the end of play. Figuratively, it can mean to conclude an activity or, in slang, to die.
- After winning the tournament, she went to the cashier to cash in her chips.
- Chip Values: In casino or tournament settings, chips of different colors universally represent different denominations (e.g., white=$1, red=$5, green=$25, black=$100).
Variants and Related Words
- Chip (noun): A common shortened form of "poker chip" in context.
- "How many chips do you have left?"
- Check (noun, in poker): A bet of zero value, signaled by tapping the table or saying "check." This is a specific poker action, not a type of chip.
- Token (noun): A broader term for a disk representing a right, fare, or value, similar in form but not necessarily for gambling.
Synonyms
- Counter: A general term for a small object used to represent a number or value in a game.
- Jetton: A historical term for a gaming token.
Related Phrases
- Chip stack: The total collection of chips a player has in front of them.
- He has the largest chip stack at the table.
- Chip leader: In a tournament, the player with the highest total value of chips.
- After that big pot, she became the chip leader.
Noun
- a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling