Chipping

//ˈt͡ʃɪpɪŋ// name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fragment broken off a larger object. countable
  2. 2
    the act of chipping something wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of creating or producing chips, as by breaking something into small fragments, cutting potatoes, removing fragments from pottery, etc. uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of chip form-of, gerund, participle, present
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A hamlet in Buckland parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3532).
  2. 2
    A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6243).
  3. 3
    Obsolete form of Chepping Wycombe. alt-of, obsolete

    "CHIPPING, or Much-Wiccomb, a borough-town of Buckinghamſhire, about ten miles ſouth of Aileſbury..."

Synonyms

All synonyms
chipchipsplintering

Example

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"He alters the altar while chipping away the stone."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From chip + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English chippyng, chippynge, equivalent to chip + -ing.

Etymology 3

From Old English ċīeping (“market, marketplace”). Compare Swedish köping ("market"). Chipping, Cheapside, and cheap all reflect ancestry from Old English ceapian, concerning trading in markets.

Related phrases

Chipping BarnetChipping CampdenChipping NortonChipping OngarChipping SodburyChipping Warden

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