chipmunk voice

noun

A voice effect where the normal sounding voice is increased in pitch and often sped-up and squeaky-sounding.

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Meanings

nounchipmunk voice (plural chipmunk voices)

plural chipmunk voices

  1. A voice effect where the normal sounding voice is increased in pitch and often sped-up and squeaky-sounding.

    Rudolph and Stella laugh hysterically as I sing along in a scratchy, whiny Chipmunk voice.

    2002, Craig Mracek, chapter I, in A Bohemian Odyssey
    2 more examples

    ANDREW. ...Have you ever worked with a puppet? There's some guy, kneeling down near your crotch, working the puppet. And he's doing a chipmunk voice, into a microphone.

    1992, Paul Rudnick, chapter I, in I Hate Hamlet

    She lifted her hands in the air and began singing, in a chipmunk voice: "Christmas, Christmas time is near, Time for toys and time for cheer, ..."

    2005, Ann Breen Metcalfe, Trout Lake: An Adirondack Novel

Origin

From the voices of the characters in Alvin and the Chipmunks, an animated music group.

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