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chipping

/ˈt͡ʃɪpɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.16 in modern English

Syllables
chip-ping
IPA
/ˈt͡ʃɪpɪŋ/
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of chip

noun

A fragment broken off a larger object.

Countable

noun

The act of creating or producing chips, as by breaking something into small fragments, cutting potatoes, removing fragments from pottery, etc.

Uncountable

name

A hamlet in Buckland parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3532).

name

A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6243).

name

Obsolete form of Chepping Wycombe.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: chippyng, ċīeping

Usage

Inflected Forms

chippings (plural)

Derived Forms

woodchipping

Phrases

Chipping Barnet Chipping Campden Chipping Norton Chipping Ongar Chipping Sodbury Chipping Warden

Synonyms

chip splintering

Rhymes With

shipping slipping flipping ripping skipping tipping tripping stripping dripping dipping whipping gripping

Questions

How do you pronounce chipping?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃɪpɪŋ/.
What does chipping mean?
present participle and gerund of chip
Where does chipping come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce chipping

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