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Chipping

//ˈt͡ʃɪpɪŋ// name, noun, verb

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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..."

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

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.

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