Meanings
nounwoodchipper (plural woodchippers)
plural woodchippers
- A machine for reducing wood to woodchips.
Last February, Elon Musk boasted of “feeding USAID into the woodchipper” as President Trump kicked off his second term with an unanticipated assault on the agency.
2026 February 8, Jeremy Konyndyk, “The Aftermath of Feeding America’s Credibility Into the Woodchipper”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2026
Origin
Translations
Catalan biotrituradora
- biotrituradorawoodchip making machine
Czech štěpkovač
- štěpkovačwoodchip making machine
Finnish haketin, hakkuri
- haketinwoodchip making machine
- hakkuriwoodchip making machine
German Holzhäcksler, Häcksler
- Holzhäckslerwoodchip making machine
- Häckslerwoodchip making machine
- Holzhackmaschinewoodchip making machine
Italian cippatrice
- cippatricewoodchip making machine
Māori mīhini nakunaku rākau
- mīhini nakunaku rākauwoodchip making machine
Polish rębak
- rębakwoodchip making machine
Spanish astilladora, trituradora de madera
- astilladorawoodchip making machine
- trituradora de maderawoodchip making machine
Swedish flismaskin
- flismaskinwoodchip making machine
Cite this entry
APA
woodchipper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodchipper
MLA
“woodchipper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodchipper. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “woodchipper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodchipper.
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