chirping chips

noun

Chips that a player has won that make him or her more talkative at the table.

Meanings

nounchirping chips pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyslangcard gamesChips 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
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