chipping

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/ˈt͡ʃɪpɪŋ/

noun

A fragment broken off a larger object.

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chipsplintering
OriginMiddle English chippyng →
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Meanings

chipping1

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of chip

chipping2

nounchipping (countable and uncountable, plural chippings)

plural chippings

  1. countableA fragment broken off a larger object.
  2. uncountableThe act of creating or producing chips, as by breaking something into small fragments, cutting potatoes, removing fragments from pottery, etc.

Chipping3

proper noun
  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. obsoleteObsolete form of Chepping Wycombe.

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

    1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 192

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe act of chipping something

Similar
chipsplintering
Broader
breakagebreakbreaking
Also see
chipsplintering

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

chipping · verb

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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chipping · noun

  1. Middle Englishchippyng
  2. Englishchipping

From Middle English chippyng, chippynge, equivalent to chip + -ing.

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Chipping · proper noun

  1. Old Englishċīeping“market, marketplace”
  2. EnglishChipping

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.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with chipping

shippingwhippingdrippingclippingdippinggrippingtrippingflippingsnippingtable-tipping
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Cite this entry
APA

chipping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chipping

MLA

“chipping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chipping. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chipping,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chipping.

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