chipping
/ (ˈtʃɪpɪŋ) /
another name for chip (def. 1)
Words Nearby chipping
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How to use chipping in a sentence
While chipping away plaster from his kitchen wall, the Guatemalan man unearthed a series of centuries-old Mayan murals.
7 Historically Significant Artifacts Rescued by Happenstance | The Daily Beast | October 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTchipping away on the comedy circuit could be the start to something big.
Ralph Nader and Grover Norquist: Washington’s Most Unlikely Bromance | Eleanor Clift | May 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTitanic has sometimes made $50,000 in a few weeks of well-timed chipping and putting at golf resorts.
It is chipping away at the uninsured population in the United States.
Thieves are chipping away at the remains of archaeological and cultural wonders, removing prieceless artifacts piece by piece.
Pompeii Made It Through a Volcano, but Can It Survive Vandals? | Barbie Latza Nadeau | March 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
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 WarnerThey 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 MorrisWhen 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 MeadIt 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 ChildersYou 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
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