chipmunk
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chipmunk
- /ˈt͡ʃɪp.mʌŋk/
- /ˈt͡ʃɪt.mʌŋk/
- [ˈt̠͡ʃɪʔmʌŋk]
Where it comes from
1832; alteration (influenced by chipping squirrel) of earlier chitmunk, from older Ojibwe ačitamo˙nˀ (“squirrels”) (modern ajidamoo), literally ‘those who descend headlong’, from ačit- (“headfirst, face-down”) (compare modern ajijibizo (“he falls headfirst”), ajidagoojin (“he hangs upside down”)). The English verb developed due to the high-pitched voices of the American puppet and cartoon chipmunks in the group Alvin and the Chipmunks, who later starred in a popular children's TV show in the 1980s.
noun chipmunks · chipmuck · chitmunk
- Any of certain the small, striped rodents, all found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk, placed in the taxonomic subtribe Tamiina.
verb chipmunks · chipmunking · chipmunked · chipmuck · chitmunk
- To speed up (an audio recording, especially a song), to make the voices high-pitched. The Dipset capo favors breezy, bass-heavy beats instead of chipmunked soul samples to celebrate the 'hood's favorite season.
- To fill (one's mouth or cheeks) with food. Less than a minute to go and she's chewing almost viciously, her stuffed cheeks all chipmunked out like Dizzy Gillespie's in midsolo.
- To stuff (food) into one's mouth or cheeks, sometimes as part of competitive eating. She chipmunked her breakfast into a porcelain cheek.
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noun rodent
| Español | ardilla listada, tamia, ardilla listeada |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 다람쥐 daramjwi |
| 日本語 | シマリス shimarisu, 縞栗鼠 shimarisu |
| 中文 | 花栗鼠 huālìshǔ |
| Português | tâmia |
| Français | tamia, suisse |
| Deutsch | Streifenhörnchen |
| Italiano | tamia |
| Română | veveriță dungată |
| Русский | бурунду́к burundúk |
| Tiếng Việt | sóc chuột |
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title = {chipmunk},
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