chipping
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chipping¹
- /ˈt͡ʃɪpɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɪpɪŋ
Where it comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
verb
- present participle and gerund of chip
chipping²
- /ˈt͡ʃɪpɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɪpɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English chippyng, chippynge, equivalent to chip + -ing.
noun chippings
- A fragment broken off a larger object.
- The act of creating or producing chips, as by breaking something into small fragments, cutting potatoes, removing fragments from pottery, etc.
Chipping³
Where it comes from
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.
proper noun
- A hamlet in Buckland parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3532).
- A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6243).
- Obsolete form of Chepping Wycombe CHIPPING, or Much-Wiccomb, a borough-town of Buckinghamſhire, about ten miles ſouth of Aileſbury...
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: splintering, shredding, scaling, sparrow, norton, chippage, spalling, scabling, spall, quarrying, fleak, piecemeal, cutting, flaking, woodchipping, chiselling
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