chirping chips

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Noun

chirping chips pl (plural only)

1. (poker slang) Chips that a player has won that make him or her more talkative at the table.
   • 2006, Rick Gadziola, Drawing Dead:

     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.

Usage notes

• Usually with the verb have.