Chip and Pound

Chip

Chip verb - Break off (a piece from a whole).

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Pound and chip are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pound" instead a verb "Chip".

Nearby Words: chipped, chipping

Pound verb - To move heavily or clumsily.

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Chip and pound are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Chip" instead a verb "Pound".

Nearby Words: pounded, pounding, poundage, pounder

normal	normal chip	normal pound
regular	regular chip	regular pound
standard	standard chip	standard pound
single	single chip	single pound
Other adjectives: simple, powerful, massive, big, new, final, extra, last, modern.

In other words, the dog is very unlikely to die from eating a chocolate-chip cookie or even feel mildly sick but a five-pound baking bar would be cause for concern.

Source: Artistic License Animal Care
One episode of the Pound Puppies (2010) series features five puppy siblings: Whip, Chip, Blip, Flip, and Chubbers.

Source: Odd Name Out
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers has a couple of examples of this trope: the Doberman from To the Rescue part 4 is an Angry Guard Dog, Frenchie from the same episode, a French poodle with a French accent, is zee leader of zee Pound Underground.

Source: Dog Stereotype

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