" chip on one's shoulder "

1: an inclination to fight or quarrel;

  * e.g., " ... It was clear from the tone of his writing that the man had a chip on his shoulder. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  aggression,

•  aggressiveness,

•  assaultiveness,

•  bellicosity,

•  belligerence,

•  belligerency,

•  combativeness,

•  contentiousness,

•  defiance,

•  disputatiousness,

•  feistiness,

•  fight,

•  militance,

•  militancy,

•  militantness,

•  pugnacity,

•  quarrelsomeness,

•  scrappiness,

•  truculence

•  Antonyms : 

•  nonaggression,

•  pacifism

1: a small flat piece separated from a whole;

  * e.g., " ... wood chips were spread over the ground between the plants "

•  Synonyms : 

•  flake,

•  sliver,

•  spall,

•  splint,

•  splinter

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface;

  * e.g., " ... watch out for the chip on the rim of that drinking glass "

•  Synonyms : 

•  hack,

•  indent,

•  indentation,

•  indenture,

•  kerf,

•  nick,

•  notch

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment;

  * e.g., " ... was in the chips after hitting it big in the lottery "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bread,

•  bucks,

•  cabbage,

•  cash,

•  change,

•  coin,

•  currency,

•  dough,

•  gold,

•  green,

•  jack,

•  kale,

•  legal tender,

•  lolly,

•  long green,

•  loot,

•  lucre,

•  money,

•  moola,

•  needful,

•  pelf,

•  scratch,

•  shekels,

•  tender,

•  wampum

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)