chipping

/ (ˈtʃɪpɪŋ) /


noun
  1. another name for chip (def. 1)

Words Nearby chipping

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How to use chipping in a sentence

  • Henry, greatly taken with the idea, sat up until it was almost dark, chipping out the remaining letters of the alphabet.

    The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler Warner
  • They are lacking, like the Pygmy races in general, in the art of chipping stone, one of the earliest arts acquired by man.

    Man And His Ancestor | Charles Morris
  • When the word market takes the place in England of the old Anglo-Saxon chipping, we may assume the place to be of later origin.

    Milton's England | Lucia Ames Mead
  • It made a deafening noise, but only resulted in chipping a scratch on my mare's nose with a splinter.

    In the Ranks of the C.I.V. | Erskine Childers
  • You might tell by the chipping, but this is hard wood covered with thick enamel, so there's apt to be no chipping.

    Through the Wall | Cleveland Moffett