English Explanatory Dictionary

chipping

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈt͡ʃɪpɪŋ/

Word forms

chipping chippings

Etymology

From chip + -ing.

Derived words

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