Definition of "chip shot" [chip shot]

• A short lofted golf stroke, used in approaching the green. (noun)

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• "Thank God Tazza takes the knife back, walking quickly to the fat man and swinging hard, the kukri lopping off the head so cleanly it seems to pop up like a chip shot before dropping with a thud to the green as the man’s fat body flops and his feet scrape and his clawed hands attempt to crawl in the full mania of death throes that dig up divots all over the place."