chipmunk
noun
any of several small, striped, terrestrial squirrels of the genera Tamias, of North America, and Eutamia, of Asia and North America, especially T. striatus, of eastern North America.
chipmunks
-
pluralof chipmunk.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Karman and Bagdasarian stepped back in to voice all six chipmunks for the recent computer-animated series “ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks,” which had an eight-year run on Nickelodeon from 2015 to 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Vandegrift hopes to trap voles, woodchucks, chipmunks, and porcupines himself.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 29, 2024
This can include chipmunks, moles, voles, mice and squirrels, which are easier to catch than birds since they cannot fly away.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2023
The Santa Cruz kangaroo rat, which is more closely related to chipmunks and gophers than kangaroos or rats, had not been spotted in the area since the 1940s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
They look like winged chipmunks, and I like how unfussy they seem, how small and how brave.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
